Doctor Bon

The Betel-nut palm is erect, solitary, grows up t o25 meters high and is marked with annular leaf scars. The leaves are about 4 meters long, with numerous leaf-lets. The male flowers are yellow, about 5 mm long. The female flowers borne at the base of the branch in axils are over on e centimeter long. The fruit is ovoid, smooth, 4 to 6cm long, orange or red in color, the pericarp are fleshy and the mesocarp fibrous.

Herbal use

1. Betel nut palm is a good laxative.
2. It helps expel tapeworms and other worms from the body.
3. Acts as a good antiseptic.
4. It promotes menstrual flow.

Instruction

1. The young seeds are laxative.
2. The mature seeds make a good vermifuge.
3. Powdered nuts are used as an anthelmintic and an antiseptic agent.

Major parts used

The seeds.