The palm tree . y to bend,being placed amongst the nuts, it was in a few mi-nutes sufficiently steamed for the purpose. The flowers of areca catechu are deliciously fra-grant. They are used on all festive occasions. Theyare also highly valued in the East as ingredients inmedicine, and as charms for healing the sick. The leaf-bud or cabbage is eaten as a vegetable. In Sumatra many of the common drinking andbaking utensils, and vessels for holding water andcarrying fish, are made from the spathe. It is alsonailed at the bottom of some of the native boatmen both there and at Java carry
The palm tree . y to bend,being placed amongst the nuts, it was in a few mi-nutes sufficiently steamed for the purpose. The flowers of areca catechu are deliciously fra-grant. They are used on all festive occasions. Theyare also highly valued in the East as ingredients inmedicine, and as charms for healing the sick. The leaf-bud or cabbage is eaten as a vegetable. In Sumatra many of the common drinking andbaking utensils, and vessels for holding water andcarrying fish, are made from the spathe. It is alsonailed at the bottom of some of the native boatmen both there and at Java carry smallbunches of the abortive fruit as ornaments at thestern and bows of their boats. In the Philippine Islands the lower part of thepetiole, which is white and flexible, is called Ta-lupac. It is used by the natives as a kind ofpaper or cloth to wrap up articles, and is sold bythem for such purposes. In the Museum at Kew a singular walking-stickis to be seen, composed of a succession of rings cutfrom betel ^ht ialntDnt^
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