Descriptions and benefits of Guava Monkey or Anacardium occidentale (cashew)

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) is a kind of tribal Anacardiaceae plants originating from Brazil and has a "fruit" that can be eaten. The more famous of the cashew cashews are cashews, pine nuts or cashew nuts; seeds are commonly dried and fried to serve a wide range of confectionary. In botany, this plant was not a member-jambuan guava (Myrtaceae) and legumes (Fabaceae), but instead more closely related to the mango (Anacardiaceae tribe).

Also known by various names such as cashew cashew (Sd.); cashew nuts or cashew nuts (Jw.); jhambu monkey (Md.); Dwipa guava, guava jipang, nyambu monkeys (Bl.); nyambuk nyĕbèt (Sas.); moaned guava, guava monyé (Mink.); guava hitched (Banj.); buwah monkey (East); buwah yaki (Manado); buwa baboon, baboon wo (Sulawesi); buwa yaki (Ternate, Tidore); buwa jakis (Galela ); guava dare, guava masong (Mak.); jampu sèrĕng, jampu tapĕsi (Bug.), and others.

In English called the cashew (tree), which is derived from the Portuguese words to name the fruit, caju, which actually is also a loan from the Tupi language name, acajú. While the name of his clan (Anacardium) refers to the shape of fruit is like the heart of its quasi-inverse.

Medium-sized tree, up to 12 m high, with a wide canopy, very branching, and always green. Headers can be high and narrow, or low and wide, depending on environmental conditions.

The leaves are located at the end of the branch. Stemmed leaves, round eggs upside down, mostly with a tapered base and rounded tip, curved inward, bald, 8-22 × 5-13 cm.

Monoecious (monoesis), mixed unisexual flowers, gathered in a smooth-haired flat panicles, 15-25 cm wide. Calyx hairy, 4-5 mm. Spiky crown, lk 1 cm, white then red, hair. Geluk Fruit dark brown, curved, high-lk 3 cm.

This plant was developed primarily for loading the fruit of her life. Commonly known as the "fruit", which is part of a swollen soft yellow or red, is actually a flower base (receptaculum) which expands after fertilization. The fruit really is the "monkey" was a hard, dark brown seeds that contain can be processed into food, which is a delicious cashew nuts . Traditionally this is usually fried beans as nyamikan tea or coffee, while the modern common now as a filler and a kind of confectionary chocolate decoration and pastry's.

Although considered a nut in the culinary world, the science of botany cashew nut is actually a single seed from the fruit of her life. These seeds are surrounded by a double shell that emit sap containing urushiol, which can cause skin irritation in humans. Some people are allergic to cashews, but cashews actually rarely cause allergies in humans when compared with other nuts.
Of cashew nuts can also be extracted high-quality oil. Their byproducts, namely a nut shell, used to feed poultry. Kind of oil is also produced from the shells of cashew fruit (CNSL, cashew nut shell liquid), which is used in the industry and also as an ingredient for preserving wood or nets. Pseudo cashew fruit is sometimes also sold in the market. The fruit is rather liked by people because of the sour taste fresh, but often mixed with a sense of Sepat . The sweet taste of the cashew fruit is allowed to be developed as a syrup or fermented to get the kind of alcoholic beverages. Wine (fermented juice rather) of cashew cashew enjoyed at harvest time, and can be distilled to serve alcoholic beverages berkandungan high . Artificial fruit that is not processed in areas of production used as animal feed.
Young leaves as a salad like cashew, raw or cooked. Old leaves used as a skin disease drug, to address the rash on the skin. All parts of the tree can also be used in traditional medicine, especially to heal sore skin; for cleaning the mouth, and for laxatives (purgativa).
The wood is light brown and low-value, very rarely used ; although can be used as firewood or timber of low-grade tools. A kind of sap that hardens in the open air (gum) produced from the bruised stems. This gum adhesive can be a good book, and prevent the attack of termites ; which is also good for glue or plywood frame . 


Nature and Benefits
Weak-smelling bark, it feels natural chelating and eventually cause a feeling thick on the tongue. Usefulness as a laxative, astringent and stimulate the activity of digestive enzymes (alteratif).
Leaves aromatic smell, taste chocolate, efficacious anti-inflammatory and decreased blood glucose levels (hypoglycemic). Seeds efficacious as skin softeners and pain relievers (analgesics). Petiole serves as the root of differences pengelat efficacious as a laxative (laxative).

For Sore Throat Drugs
Wash 5 pseudo cashew fruit thoroughly, then shredded. Add 4 tablespoons of cooking water and 2 tablespoons honey, stirring rate. Squeeze these ingredients, then strain. Use a water filter to rinse (directly swallowed), 3 times a day, each 2 tablespoons.

As Drug Sprue
Wash a handful of young leaves and a piece of cashew bark until clean, then boiled in 1 liter of water to boiling (for 15 minutes). Once cool strain and filter ready to drink. Treatment carried out 2-3 times a day, each 1 cup. The water is also used to rinse his mouth.

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