Family: Anacardiaceae
Synonym: Acajuba occidentalis (L.) Gaert.
Vernacular name: Kappamavu, Kasumavu, Parangimavu
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Cultivated
Distribution: Tropics of the World
Flowering and Fruiting: November-April
Key identification features: Gregarious evergreen trees having
pale grey bark, smooth with vertical striations. Leaves are simple, alternate,
estipulate. Flowers are polygamous, yellow, streaked with pink, in terminal
prominently bracteate panicles with 5 petals and 8-10 stamens, one usually
longer than others. Fruit is reniform nut.
Uses: The juice is made into a beverage
or fermented into a wine. The fruit, bark juice and the nut oil are both said
to be folk remedies for calluses, corns, and warts, cancer.
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