Arecanut [Betelnut] (Areca catechu L.) French: Noix d'arec; Spanish: Areca; German: Betelpalme - Arecanut (Areca catechu L).is an important commercial crop in India.
- Arecanut is the seed of the areca nut palm
- The economic produce is the fruit called "betel nut" and is used mainly for masticatory purposes
- Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Assam are the three major arecanut-producing states in India.
- The current production in India is about 334000 tonnes from an area of 269 thousand hectares.
- Srilanka, Indonesia, Bangladesh Singapore and Myanmar are the other countries producing Arecanut.
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