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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}}, {{Parts Used|Extracted Oil}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
==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.s}}<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 Flowering from January to the disc, glandular puberulus. Ovary superior, obovoid or obcordate, 1-celled, ovule 1, ascending from a lateral funicle; style filiform, excentric; stigma minute. May}}
===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||Fruiting from January to May}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
[[Anacardium Oxi]]<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
<ref name="Uses">[http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2011/08/anacardium-occidentale.html Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://pfaf.org/USER/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Anacardium+occidentale Cultivation details]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/ BOTANIC DESCRIPTION]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search Vernaculer names]</ref>
<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">"Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.276, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru</ref>
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