What are these ?

[CharlieH]

Can anyone tell me what these are growing on palm trees ?

[Ace of Pop]

Luk Mahk is the phonetic way Thais say it.Old Ladies chew them like chewing baccky and it turns redish then spat out.

[Lannig]

Betel?

[cooked]

Betel

[stoneyboy]

Areca Nut to be pedantic but colloquially known as betel nut.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut

[Minnie the Minx]

In dried form here used in TCM, Gives the mouth a numb sensation like dentist anesthetic and there are varieties of it. In small doses as part of a mix to treat respiratory issues as well.

Betel nuts are horrible things, prefer chewing gum.

[bluebluewater]

You still come across older people who remain addicted to that stuff and about all they do all day is grind it up so that they can put it 'tween cheek and gum. They don't usually eat much and are skinny as hell. Teeth are gone and they have what is called the "bloody mouth". Nasty!

[Mosha]

It can cause cancer, it was banned at one time. Burma are hoping to discourage it's consumption. Wife reckons it's also used as a natural dye.

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[CharlieH]

Thanks for the informative responses.

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