Thanks for the post Dinesh ji Tanay On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Arecaceae (palm family) » *Areca catechu* (syn. *Areca faufel*, *Areca > hortensis*) > > > a-REEK-uh ... OR ... AR-ek-uh -- from vernacular name of the tree *areca*, > used in Malabar coast > KAT-eh-choo -- from the Kannada name *kachu*, extract from the heartwood > > *commonly known as*: areca-nut, betel nut • Bengali: সুপারি supari • > Gujarati: ઍરિકૅ ayrike, સોપારી sopari • Hindi: चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाक > guvak, गूआ OR गुवा guwa, खपुर khapur, पूग pug, पूगी pugi, पुंगी pungi, > सुपारी supari, उद्वेग udveg • Kannada: ಅಡಕೆ adake, ಅಡಿಕೆ adike • Konkani: > पॉफळ pophala, सुपारी supari • Malayalam: കമുക് kamuk, കവുങ്ങ് kavung • > Manipuri: ক্ৱা পাম্বী kwa pambi • Marathi: पोफळ pophal OR पोफळी pophali, पूग > pug, पूगफल pugaphal, पुगीफल OR पुगीफळ pugiphala, सुपारी supari • Nepalese: > सुपारि supari • Sanskrit: अकोटः akoth, चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाकः > guvakah, खपुर khapur, पूगफल pugaphal, पूगः pugh, पूगी pugi, उद्वेग udveg, > वल्कतरुः valktaruh • Tamil: அடைக்காய் atai-k-kay, சகுந்தம் chakuntam, > சாமரபுட்பம் chamara-putpam, கமுகு kamuku, கந்தி kanti, கூந்தற்கமுகு > kuntar-kamaku, பூகம் pukam, விம்பு vimpu • Telugu: ఘోంట ghonta, ఖపురము > khapuramu, క్రముకము kramukamu, పోక poka, పూగము pugamu > > *Native to*: Philippines, *exact native range obscure*; cultivated in > paleotropics > > > *References*: > • Flowers of India ... > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Betel%20Palm.html > • Wikipedia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_catechu > • agroforestry.net ... > http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Areca-catechu-betel-nut.pdf > • NPGS / GRIN ... http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3903 > • DDSA ... http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Views attached from: > ... Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan > ... along Maharashtra SH 98 > > For more views: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Arecacatechu&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
