Areca ipot

Becc.

Bungang-ipot

ArecaceaeSeeds/NutsShoots

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage

The nut is occasionally used as a betel substitute. The palm heart is edible.

Where to Find It

A tropical and subtropical palm. It does best in a shady position and needs plenty of water. It suits hardiness zones 11-12. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens.

Asia, Australia, Pacific, Philippines, SE Asia,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Micronesia, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen

How to Identify

A palm like betel nut but smaller and more slender. It grows to 3.5-4.5 m high. It has a single trunk and has distinct rings due to leaf scars. The trunk is 8-12 cm across. The crown-shaft due to the leaf bases is swollen. The crown spreads 3 m across. The leaves have a mixture of wide and narrow leaflets on the one leaf. The ends of the leaflets are ragged. The flowering stalk comes below the crown-shaft. The fruit are red when ripe and 5 cm long. The seed are oval but flattened at one end.

How to Grow

Plants are grown from fresh seed. Seed germinate quickly.

Wikipedia

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Areca ipot, the Ipot palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Production

The plant grows quickly.

Notes

There are 60 Areca species. They are tropical.

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