Areca triandra

Areca triandra Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.

Ordre	Arecales
Famille	Arecaceae
Genre	Areca

2n =

Origine : Asie du Sud-Est

sauvage et cultivé

Français
Anglais

Résumé des usages

• amande masticatoire

Classification

Areca triandra Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. (1826).

synonyme :

• Areca laxa Buch.-Ham. (1826).

Usages

Areca laxa Buch.-Ham. Andaman Islands. The nuts of this plant are used instead of the betel nut by the convicts confined on Andaman Islands .

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

Cultivated for the stimulating fruits. The leaves serve thatching, the stems are used as posts. Wild distribution: India, Malay Peninsula.

Mansfeld.

Références

• Johnson, D. (ed.) - Palms for human needs in Asia. A. A. Balkema Rotterdam, Brookfield 1991: 258 p.

Liens

• BHL
• GRIN
• IPNI
• Mansfeld
• Multilingual Plant Name Database
• Useful Tropical Plants Database
• Wikipédia
• World Flora Online