Neotropical Flora
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Anacardium excelsum Skeels
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Family: Anacardiaceae
[Anacardium rhinocarpus DC.]  Drew Avery |
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). |
 Rolando Perez  Thomas Croat   Rachel Collin   Marcos Guerra   Rolando Perez  JOESPH WRIGHT  Thomas Croat   Christian Ziegler                                                                               |
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