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Anacardium excelsum
Anacardium excelsum
Skeels
Family:
Anacardiaceae
[
Anacardium rhinocarpus
DC.]
Rolando Perez
Flora of Barro Colorado Island
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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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