Pinang

The fruit, of which the varieties are numerous (such as pinang betul, pinang ambun, and pinang wangi), is in its outer coat about the size of a plum; the nut something less than that of the nutmeg but rounder. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

The best cattle were killed and the meat salted and sun-dried; and abundance of red peppers and sweet potatoes were gathered; and the tall pinang-trees were climbed for the spicy betel nut, the sirih-leaf was tied up in bundles, and every man filled his tobacco pouch and lime box to the brim, so that he might not want any of the materials for chewing the refreshing betel during the journey. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Then she spread out a new mat for him, and brought out the _pinang_ and _sireh_, and bade him be seated as she wished to have a chat with him. ❋ Edwin Herbert Gomes (N/A)

The contents of the little basket, used to discover the will of the higher powers, is chewed by those present just as other _pinang_ and ❋ Edwin Herbert Gomes (N/A)

[5] The Malay name for the betel, the aromatic leaves of which are chewed along with the pinang or areca nut, a little pure lime, and various spices. ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)

Great was my surprise to find myself facing an attractive little pasang-grahan, lying on grassy, level ground at almost the same height as the tops of the cocoanut and pinang palms on the other side of the river. ❋ Carl Lumholtz (1886)

Pinang, from the pinang or areca-palm, is the proper name of the island, but out of compliment to George IV. it was called Prince of Wales Island. ❋ Isabella Lucy (1883)

The custom of areca-nut chewing has been so often described that I will only remind the reader that the nut is the produce of a graceful and slender palm, which flourishes under cultivation in all Malayan countries and is called by Malays _pinang_. ❋ Unknown (1884)

The areca, or pinang-nut, and the betel, are used almost universally, chewed with lime, the lime, -- being dyed with turmeric, which imparts to it a rich vermilion tint; the areca-nut is also used in dying cotton thread. ❋ Anna Harriette Leonowens (1874)

In Paulo-pinang, the Malayan agricultural laborer receives ❋ Wilhelm Roscher (1855)

Mr Hooker, when he saw them, said they were the pinang, or betel-nut palm -- _Areca catechu_. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

These laws are called huhum pinang àn, -- from depang àn, to eat -- law or sentence to eat. ❋ George Lillie Craik (1832)

The chain, and a sort of stocks, made of the pinang tree, are adopted from us; the word pasong, now commonly used to denote the latter, originally signifying and being still frequently applied to confinement in general. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

I have seen many extensive plantations of coconut, pinang, lime, and coffee-trees, laid out at a considerable expense by different gentlemen, and not one do I recollect to have succeeded; owing as it would seem to the barrenness of the soil, although covered with long grass. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

This spread upon leaves to dry, made into cakes, and afterwards folded up in a peculiar vegetable substance called upih, which is the sheath that envelopes the branch of the pinang tree where it is inserted in the stem. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

The pinang (Areca catechu L.) or betel-nut-tree (as it is usually, but improperly, called, the betel being a different plant) is in its mode of growth and appearance not unlike the coconut. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

The South Americans chew the cocoa and mambee, and the eastern people the betel and areca, or, as they are called in the Malay language, sirih and pinang. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

The betel-nut or pinang (Areca catechu) before mentioned is a considerable article of traffic to the coast of Coromandel or Telinga, particularly from Achin. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

All the preparation consists in spreading on the sirih leaf a small quantity of the chunam and folding it up with a slice of the pinang nut. ❋ William Marsden (1795)