Steinmetz:Anacardium

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Anacardium occidentale

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Anarcardiaceae
English Names
  • Cashew nut
  • West-Indian Anacardia
Natural Habitat
  • West Indies
  • Central and South America
  • Tropical Africa
  • India
  • Indonesia
Part(s) Used
  • Folia Anacardii
  • Radix Anacardii
  • Fructus Anacardii occidentalis = Nuces Acajou
Constituent(s)
  • fruitshell: cardol (acrid oil)
  • anacardic acid
  • resin
  • tannin; seed: starch
  • fatty oil
Action
  • fruitshell: used against warts and corns; toxic; root: used against severe diarrhoea; nut (kernel): nutritive (when roasted in the shell); treebark: used in fever
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