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Old 28-05-2004, 03:06 PM
Iris Cohen
 
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Does anyone know what the botanical name for this tree is, which produces
nuts people in all part of Asia chew?

The tree is Areca catechu. The nuts are chewed together with leaves of betel
pepper, Piper betel.
Iris,
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