puga :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae

VERNACULAR NAMES

English: Areca nut, Betel nut, Arecanut palm, Betel palm, Catechu palm, Fauselnut, Pinang, supari palm
Hindi: Puga, Supari
Urdu: Supari, Feefal
Telugu: Kramukamu, Pugamu
Bengali: Gua, Supari
Marathi: Pophali, Supari, Poog
Gujarathi: Hopari, Sopari
Tamil: Paaku, Kugagam, Pugam
Malayalam: Atekka, Pugam, Chempalukka,Pakka, Kramukam, Ghonta, kamuka, kavunnu
Kannada: Adike, Adake, Adaki, Adike, Bettadike
Arabic: fofal, feefal
Assamese: Tambul
Chinese: ping lang
Ceylon: Italian name, Portuguese name – areca
French: Dutch name – arecapalam boom, pinang. Russian name – areka, kapustnayapalma
German: areca palm
Burma: Kun, Kunsi
Tulu: Kangu

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