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[[File:Cashew Brazil fruit 1.jpg|thumb|right|''Vrikkaphala'', ''Anacardium occidentale '']]
'''Vrikkaphala''' or the Cashew nut tree is a moderate sized tree with sprawling branches that is cultivated in India for its nuts. The tree originates in South America
==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|hemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Anorexia}}, {{Uses|Hair fall}}, {{Uses|Worm infestation}}, {{Uses|General weakness}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=gaeru, gaeru beeja, gaeru kaayi, godambi mara|ml=kapa-mava, kapamava, kappa-mavakuru|sa=agnikrita, arushkara, guchhapushpa, kajutah, kajutaka, vrkkaphalah|ta=andima, andimangottai, munthri-kottei|te=jaedima-midi, jeedimaamidi, jidi mamidi, jidi-mamidi-vittu|hi=kaju, kaju-ki-gutli|en=Cashew nut}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Kashaya (Astringent), Amla (Sour), Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|6-15.5 x 3-8 cm, obovate; apex obtuse, round or retuse, base acute or cuneate, round, margin entire, glabrous, shiny above, coriaceous; petiole 7-15 mm, stout, swollen at base, glabrous; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent; glands axillary on main nerves and its branches}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexual||Yellow and pink|8-10|terminal prominently bracteate panicles. Calyx 5-partite, lanceolate, imbricate, deciduous, with some pubescence on outside. Petals 5, linear-lanceolate, ligulate, recurved, imbricate; disc filling the base of the calyx, erect. Stamens 8-10, one usually longer than others; filaments connate at the base and adnate to the disc, glandular puberulus. Ovary superior, obovoid or obcordate, 1-celled, ovule 1, ascending from a lateral funicle; style filiform, excentric; stigma minute. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Nut|2-3 cm long|Fruit a reniform nut, 2-3 cm, grey, seated on a large pyriform fleshy body formed of enlarged disc and top of the pedicel; pericarp gives acrid caustic oil|seed reniform, ascending|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Coastal area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:P1013964mod.jpg
File:Anacardium occidentale - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-010.jpg
File:Anacardium occidentale flowers.jpg
Caju.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2011/08/anacardium-occidentale.html "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anacardium+occidentale]
* [https://www.planetayurveda.com/albumgallery/index/image/?album=4]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:Trees]]
'''Vrikkaphala''' or the Cashew nut tree is a moderate sized tree with sprawling branches that is cultivated in India for its nuts. The tree originates in South America
==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|hemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Anorexia}}, {{Uses|Hair fall}}, {{Uses|Worm infestation}}, {{Uses|General weakness}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=gaeru, gaeru beeja, gaeru kaayi, godambi mara|ml=kapa-mava, kapamava, kappa-mavakuru|sa=agnikrita, arushkara, guchhapushpa, kajutah, kajutaka, vrkkaphalah|ta=andima, andimangottai, munthri-kottei|te=jaedima-midi, jeedimaamidi, jidi mamidi, jidi-mamidi-vittu|hi=kaju, kaju-ki-gutli|en=Cashew nut}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Kashaya (Astringent), Amla (Sour), Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|6-15.5 x 3-8 cm, obovate; apex obtuse, round or retuse, base acute or cuneate, round, margin entire, glabrous, shiny above, coriaceous; petiole 7-15 mm, stout, swollen at base, glabrous; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent; glands axillary on main nerves and its branches}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexual||Yellow and pink|8-10|terminal prominently bracteate panicles. Calyx 5-partite, lanceolate, imbricate, deciduous, with some pubescence on outside. Petals 5, linear-lanceolate, ligulate, recurved, imbricate; disc filling the base of the calyx, erect. Stamens 8-10, one usually longer than others; filaments connate at the base and adnate to the disc, glandular puberulus. Ovary superior, obovoid or obcordate, 1-celled, ovule 1, ascending from a lateral funicle; style filiform, excentric; stigma minute. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Nut|2-3 cm long|Fruit a reniform nut, 2-3 cm, grey, seated on a large pyriform fleshy body formed of enlarged disc and top of the pedicel; pericarp gives acrid caustic oil|seed reniform, ascending|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Coastal area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:P1013964mod.jpg
File:Anacardium occidentale - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-010.jpg
File:Anacardium occidentale flowers.jpg
Caju.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2011/08/anacardium-occidentale.html "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anacardium+occidentale]
* [https://www.planetayurveda.com/albumgallery/index/image/?album=4]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:Trees]]
