areca catechu is the areca palm or areca nut palm betel palm filipino bunga indonesiamalay pinang malayalam adakka kannada adike a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical pacific asia and parts of east africa the palm is believed to have originated in either indonesiamalaysia or the philippines areca is derived from a local name from the malabar coast of india and catechu is from another malay name for this palm caccu this palm is often called the betel tree because its fruit the areca nut is often chewed along with the betel leaf a leaf from a vi 2b02ern.jpg from 황혜영 누드 화보xxx bf palm View Photo