Areca caliso

Becc.

Kaliso, Sakolon

Arecaceae Edible: Nuts, Fruit, Sap, Growing tip, Cabbage, Palm heart

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Description

A slender palm about 7 to 15 cm across the trunk. They can be 7 m high. The leaves are about 3 m long.

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Edible Uses

The cooked bud is eaten, sap is collected as a drink (though of poor quality), and the nut serves as a substitute for betel nut. The growing tip, fruit, nuts, and palm heart are also edible parts.

Traditional Uses

The bud is cooked and eaten. The sap is collected but is a poorer drink. The nut is used as a substitute for betel nut.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. They occur on mountain slopes and in dense humid forests of the Philippines. They are common in regions with a long dry season.

Where It Grows

Asia, Pacific, Philippines, SE Asia,

Notes

There are 60 Areca species. They are tropical.

References (7)

Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 40
Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 223
Haynes, J., & McLaughlin, J., 2000, Edible palms and Their Uses. University of Florida Fact sheet MCDE-00-50-1 p 2
Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8:2998. 1919
Monsalud, M.R., Tongacan, A.L., Lopez, F.R., & Lagrimas, M.Q., 1966, Edible Wild Plants in Philippine Forests. Philippine Journal of Science. p 520

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Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 16:123.
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew