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Other uses Automatic taxobox | image = Areca_catechu_-_Köhler-s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-014.jpg | image_caption = Areca catechu - 1897 illustration | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Areca | authority = L. | type_species = Areca catechu | type_species_authority = L. | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = *Mischophloeus Scheff. *Gigliolia Becc. *Pichisermollia H.C.Monteiro *Arecus Areca is a genus of about 50 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia. The generic name Areca is derived from a name used locally on the Malabar Coast of India.