It has an age estimated at 50 million years, having spent much of its life as a B-type star.

[9] Beta Arae is radiating energy from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of 4,200 K, which causes it to take on the orange hue of a K-type star.

[11] Rarely, this star is called Vasat-ül-cemre a Turkisation of Arabic وسط الجمر (wasaṭ al-jamar), meaning "middle of the embers.

[15] In Chinese, 杵 (Chǔ), meaning Pestle, refers to an asterism of β, σ and α Arae.

[16] The Chinese name for β Arae is 杵三 (Chǔ sān, English: the Third Star of Pestle.