[[File:Areca.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Areca catechu]]
Other Names: Areca catechu, Areca Nut, Areca Palm, Arecanut Palm, Betel Nut, Betel Quid, Betelnut Palm, Bing Lang, Gubak, Nuez de Areca, Nuez de Betel, Pinag, Pinang Palm, Pinlag, Poogiphalam, Puga, Supari, Tantusara.<br>Areca is a plant. The nut is used to make medicine. Areca nut is chewed alone or in the form of quids, a mixture of tobacco, powdered or sliced areca nut, and slaked lime wrapped in the leaf of “betel” vine (Piper betel).
==Special Precautions of Areca==