Areca Nut Spices

Areca Nut (Aleurites moluccana), is a plant used as a source of oil seeds and spices. This plant is still same species with with cassava and included in the Euphorbiaceae tribe. In interstate commerce is known as candleberry, Indian walnut, and candlenut. the tree is reffered as varnish tree or coconut tree. The oil extracted from the seeds is useful in the industry for use as an ingredient mixture of paint and is known as tung oil.

This plant is now widespread in tropical areas. Plant height was reached about 15-25 meters. The leaves are pale green. Peanut has a diameter of approximately 4-6 cm; seeds contained in it has a protective layer that is very hard and contains a lot of oil, allowing it to be used as a candle.

Pecan is the official state plant of Hawaii.