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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Jambu monyet; Jocote Maranon; Cashew; Noix D'Acajou; Acajoiba; Alcayoiba; Amerikan Elmasi; Caju; Gajus; Maranon; Jambu mete; Pomme; Cacajuil; Acajou; Anacarde; Pomme Cajou; Pomme Acajou; Anacardier; Cajou; Cajuil; Cajueiro; Jambu golok; Jambu; Acajou A Pomme; Acaju; Anacardo; Jambu terong; Merey

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad *
Ache(Tooth) Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma Panama(Cuna) *
Asthma Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Asthma Trinidad *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Burn Java *
Callosity Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Callosity Guatemala Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Callus Jamaica Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Caries Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Catarrh Malaya *
Caustic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Cold Panama(Cuna) *
Cold Elsewhere *
Congestion Elsewhere *
Congestion Panama(Cuna) *
Constipation Malaya *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.