Areca catechu (Golden)

Areca catechu (Golden)
Golden Betel Nut Palm

The Betel Nut Palm is widely cultivated in S.E. Asia for its seeds that contain a mild stimulant. With its slender, green trunk, long crownshaft and dense crown of shiny green fronds it also is of considerable value as an ornamental. The seeds are fast and easy to sprout and plants are very fast growing and best suited to warm subtropical and tropical regions. The golden variety we offer here is a form with yellowish-golden leaves. While some may claim that the plant looks deficient, this variety is higly valued, particularly in Asia, for its unusual ornamental qualities.

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Seeds from this species ...

...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
picked 11 fresh seeds off a mature plant. Removed fruit and cleaned. planted in a plastic dish with 10% sand, 90% peat. Fast germination, 100% germ. in 3 weeks.
Submitted on 20/03/2004 by Anton Chuidian wutang8364@yahoo.com


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If you wish to read more on palm cultivation, we highly recommend Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Timothy K. Broschat and Alan W. Meerow, available in our bookshop.

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We recommend:

Palms of Southern Asia (Princeton Field Guides)
by Andrew Henderson

Hardcover - 264 pages
Covers all 352 naturally occurring palms in Southern Asia!

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Suitable for: all

The only complete field guide to the 43 genera and 352 species of palms and rattans that occur in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each species account includes the correct scientific and common names, and fully describes morphology, habitat, and uses. Featuring a distribution map for most species and 256 full-color photographs. A book of major importance for botanists and an invaluable aid for naturalists and conservationists, and it's the perfect field guide for ecotourists traveling in the region

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