In Quang Ngai Province, discarded betel nut sheaths have found new life as bowls, plates, and food containers, thanks to the ingenuity of Nguyen Van Tuyen. His products have not only made their way ...

Betel nuts are eaten after having been processed commercially. Unripe or ripe nuts are shelled, boiled and sun-dried, then crushed with lime and catechu, a red, astringent extract made from boiled ...

or addictive betel nuts, which grow on the areca palm. “Smokeless tobacco and areca nut products are available to consumers ...

or addictive betel nuts, which grow on the areca palm. “Smokeless tobacco and areca nut products are available to consumers ...

Attention, chewers of betel nut with lime. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a new law regulating afok or bweesch — lime — that is mostly used in the Pacific islands for ...