Editing Areca nut (section)

===Southeast Asia===
In Thailand, the consumption of areca nut has declined gradually in the last decades. The younger generation rarely chews the substance, especially in the cities. Most of the present-day consumption is confined to older generations, mostly people above 50. Even so, small trays of betel leaves and sliced tender areca nut are sold in markets and used as offerings in Buddhist shrines.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

In the northern Philippines, particularly the [[Cordillera Administrative Region]], betel nut chewing remains prominent to the point that restrictions and fines have been established in urban areas such as [[Baguio|Baguio City]] in the [[Benguet]] province. These restrictions were made under the idea that ''momma'' or ''moma'' (betel nut) chewing and spitting are improper during public transportation drivers' work hours and are considered stains to the city roads and sidewalks.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gano |first=Hasreel |date=April 16, 2019 |title=Cordillera PUV drivers banned from chewing betel nut while on duty |work=Philippine News Agency |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1067440 |access-date=November 20, 2023}}</ref> Despite these restrictions, betel nut thrives across the Cordilleran market. An example of its commerciality can be observed in [[Ifugao]], one of the provinces of the Philippine Cordilleras, where betel nuts are high-demand products sourced from the province's different cities and municipalities.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Latap |first=Nelson S. |date=June 2015 |title=Economic Assessment of Betel Nut (Areca cathecu) as Component in the Agroforestry (AF) Systems in Ifugao |journal=International Journal of Science and Research |volume=4 |issue=6 |pages=1896–1913 |url=https://www.academia.edu/71975264 |s2cid=21722318}}</ref>

In [[Bahasa Indonesia]], the betel nut is known as ''makan pinang'', while in the [[Papua Province]] of Indonesia, it is known simply as ''pinang''.<ref name=indonesia>{{cite web | title=Chewing Pinang a popular past time in Papua | website=Stichting Papua Erfgoed | url=https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/en/theme/chewing-pinang-popular-past-time-papua | access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref>