41. He export Areca nut or Betel nut through Hantharwaddy port of lower Burma and four towns in Arakan. 42. Cash crops like Areca nut and cashew are grown in small packets of agricultural land or on uncultivable hillocks. 43. In Taiwan, bags of 20 to 40 areca nuts are purchased fresh daily by a large number of consumers. 44. The history of consuming areca nut dates back to 400 years ago, when people chewed it for pandemic prevention. 45. The people generally sell their respective Areca nut garden to various businessmen who later supply it to differen locations. 46. Areca nut wood is used to make the bow and the strings are beaten with a narrow bamboo stick.47. Agriculture is the main industry in this area and common perennial crops grown are Areca nut , coconut and banana. 48. He made there a valappu or a small estate of coconut and areca nut trees and also cultivated paddy. 49. It is not known how or when the areca nut and the betel leaf were first combined into one psychoactive drug. 50. A tradition from Upper Assam is to invite guests to wedding receptions by offering a few areca nuts with betel leaves.
