I strongly feel this is Actinorhytis calapparia only. Previously this was known as Areca calapparia, Seaforthia elegans etc.. Though this is endemic to Carebbean , it has been introduced to S.Asian countries and has been in cultivation. A reference can be found in Gardening in India By G. Marshall Woodrow, G Marshall ( link http://books.google.com/books?). There are other references too. The nuts are called ram supari in Hindi and seems to have greater medicinal properties. It is also used in rituals in South India, especially during Upakarma.
--- On Thu, 16/12/10, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:55166] Flora of Uttara Kannada | ID request - 26Nov10AR02 To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Cc: "raghu ananth" <[email protected]>, "Dr. Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>, "Mahadeswara Swamy" <[email protected]>, "Pudji Widodo" <[email protected]>, "tanay bose" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 16 December, 2010, 11:22 AM Forwarding again for Id assistance please. Some earlier relevant feedback: “This should be a palm!! from Palmaceae. I may be wrong but fruits in your hand is seems much bigger than the one on tree... Pankaj” “It is one of the Areca species,a kind of palm. The tree is not Myristica magnifica.” “I believe this is Areca plam tanay” "Maybe Actinorhytis calapparia Pudji Widodo" "I have doubts for Actinorhytis calapparia. This is not found in India. I MAY BE WRONG THOUGH. Yes this is there in Indonesia!! Secondly, I said the fruit may belong to a different plant not this palm. Pankaj" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> Date: 26 November 2010 12:30 Subject: [efloraofindia:55166] Flora of Uttara Kannada | ID request - 26Nov10AR02 To: [email protected] Local name. Ram Adike, Ramana Adike (areca) Myristica magnifica (Fam. Myristicaceae) (Hope the ID is correct) Tall tree, 100 feet plus approx. fruit size-large, 7cms approx Areca farm, Ameenahalli, Uttara Kannada Regards Raghu -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1465 members & 56,400 messages on 9/12/10 & with a database of around 4350 species on 15/11/10)
