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Botanical name: Areca catechu
Other names: Betel Palm, Areca
Family: Arecaceae
Distribution: Tropical Pacific, Asia, Africa
The name areca, which means “cavalier”, may be derived from the Kanarese word adeke or the Malayalam adakka. In early Sanskrit works, the palm is referred to as gouvaka. It was already mentioned in Jataka and Pali writings. The first description of the palm, however, is purportedly that of Herodotus (ca. 340 B.C.E.) The British traveler R.Knox, in his Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon (London, 1681), was obviously impressed, and he described both the use of betel and its economic significance. The first European pictorial representation of the betel nut is a copperplate engraving by Carolus Clusius in Aromatum et cimplicium aliquot medicamentorus… historia.
Our Betel nut are higher quality because they're freshly harvested by knowledgeable family farmers, as well as they're stored in the cold and dark. It contains a high content of essential oils.
Our Betel nut are ethically harvested by local family farmers.
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Our products are of the highest quality but they have not been certified by the FDA neither Health Canada for human consumption. Therefore, we have to specify that they cannot be sold for human consumption. They are sold for incense and soap making purposes, decorative purposes and/or legitimate ethnobotanical research. The information given about the plants is for academic purposes only and not intended to be used medically. TrancePlants, its suppliers, agents, employees and distributors cannot be held accountable for any misuse of the products offered.
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Botanical name: Artemisia absinthium Other names: Wormwood Family: Compositae: Asteraceae Distribution: Worldwide Origin : North America Wormwood and its qualities were already well known in ancient times. This and other species of Artemisia were sacred...
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Botanical name: Euterpe oleracea Other names: Chonta, Manicole Family: Arecaceae Distribution: Mainly Brazil, South America Origin : Brazil The history of the Acai tree is rooted deep into the Amazon culture. Indeed, it has...
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Botanical name: Silene capensis Other names: African Dream Root, Xhosa Dream Root, Ubulawu, Undela Ziimhlophe Family: Caryophyllales Distribution: South Africa Origin : Gabon Silene Capensis, also called undlela ziimhlophe by the Xhosa people has been...
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Origin : Peru Genuine Peruvian Agua de Florida used by curanderos and shamans of Peru and South America. This Florida water is used in ceremonial contexts for cleansing, purifying, elevating...