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'''Pooga''' consists of dried ripe seed of Areca catechu Linn. (Fam. Palmae), a graceful, slender, stemmed, perennial palm, trunk reaching a height of about 25 m cultivated in the coastal regions of Southern India, Bengal and Assam upto an altitude of 1000 m.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Uses==
{{Uses|Scizophrenia}}, {{Uses|Arecoline}}, {{Uses|Tapeworms}}, {{Uses|Anaemia}}, {{Uses|Fits}}, {{Uses|Leucoderma}}, {{Uses|Nasal ulcers}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Obesity}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Oedema}}<ref name="UsesKarnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seed}}, {{Parts Used|Young leaf}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Kramuka, Ghonaa|en=Areca nut, Betle nut|gu=Supari, Chr alia|hi=Supari, Chr alia|kn=Adike|ks=Supari, Spari|ml=Adakku, Pakku|mr=Supari, Pophal|pa=Supari, Spari|ta=Paka chekka, Vakka|te=Paka chekka, Vakka|en=Areca nut}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Properties==
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">Useful tropical plants</ref>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 125.</ref>
<ref name="Uses"“Karnataka Medicinal Plants”>Karnataka ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 3 Book 3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 39 to 40, Published by #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru. </ref>
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