Migrant workers sorting betel nuts in grades for wholesale in a privately owned ecological farm and cottage industry. Goa India
Betel nut Areca catechu is a slender single trunked monoecious palm. The nut actually the seed endosperm is chewed as a stimulant masticatory Heavy use of betel among humans causes serious health problems including permanent discoloration of the teeth oral leucoplakia submucous fibrosis and squamous cell carcinoma In India Beetel leaf is chewed to aid digestion The leaf is packed into a little package known as paan with edible calcium paste layered on top and a pinch of coarsely powdered beetel nuts
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