Betelnut Plam(Areca catechu)
Betel nut beauties or betel nut girls (binlang xishi) are a common site along the roadsides in Taiwan. Some people regard their presence an outrage while others think they are a unique and colourful part of life in Taiwan. The girls can be seen in sitting in large glass-walled booths on the sides of the road. They are usually busy counting betel nuts or else sit there looking very bored. Customers stop while driving past and the girls run out to sell them bags of betel nuts.
Betel nut is Taiwan's second largest agricultural crop. Betel nut plantations dominate the landscape in parts of Central and Southern Taiwan.
| Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
| Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | Arecidae – |
| Order | Arecales – |
| Family | Arecaceae – Palm family |
| Genus | Areca L. – areca palm |
| Species | Areca catechu L. – betel palm |