Some say Taiwan's betel nuts were introduced by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, whereas Wu Lo-t'ien has found evidence that they were brought over by the early pioneers from Fukien.
至於台灣的檳榔，有人說是十六世紀荷蘭人所引進；然而據吳樂天研究野史發現，檳榔是到此開墾的移民﹘﹘河洛（閩南）人帶來的。