Steinmetz:Anacardium

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Anacardium occidentale

Also known as (or relevant to) Anacardium occidentale Cassuvium pomiferum 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