Avanom

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The avanom was a piece of measure in French India in the Pondichery province . It was only used for the areca nut, a betel palm fruit .

1 Avonom = 2000 nuts

literature

Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher : General pocket book of coin, measure and weight, the exchange, money and fund rates, etc. For bankers and merchants. Georg Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1871, p. 431.