Neotropical Plant Portal - Anacardium excelsum

Anacardium excelsum Skeels
Family: Anacardiaceae [Anacardium rhinocarpus DC.] Drew Avery	Flora of Barro Colorado Island Resources The Flora of Barro Colorado Island by Thomas Croat Nuts contain anacardic acid and a caustic oil called cardol. They are poisonous before they are roasted (Blohm, 1962). Fruits are eaten by white-faced and howler monkeys (Hladik & Hladik, 1969) and by the bat Micronycteris hirsuta (Wilson, 1971).
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