Areca cathechu--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 8 Apr 03. 197.jpg
Areca cathechu--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 8 Apr 03. 194.jpg
Areca cathechu--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 8 Apr 03. 195.jpg
Areca cathechu--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 8 Apr 03. 198.jpg
Areca catechu, 20041386B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 082.jpg
Areca catechu, 20041386B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 084.jpg
Areca catechu, 20041386B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 083.jpg
Areca catechu, 20041386B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 085.jpg
Endemic to Philippines; introduced into 39 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Singapore, Singapore (Singapore Botanic Gardens)
Location Remarks
Address is 1 Cluny Road, where the Visitor Center is; the garden stretches between Holland Road and Bukit Timah Road (100 Cluny Park Road).
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Areca
Specific Epithet
catechu
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#57,533 of 335,497
Top 18%
Extinction probability
23%
