The ripe Areca fruit (A), immediately after drying and curing is shelled to get dry and challenging nut (B), which is reduce into smaller sized pieces (C) (supari) for mastication
Betel nut (BN), betel quid (BQ) and various preparations related with its mastication, including their commercial reincarnations. The unripe Areca fruit (a), either right or after short curing is shelled…