Anacardium occidentale {thi-hoL-tha.rak}
Anacardium spp.
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Family: Anacardiaceae 1
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Anacardium occidentale
{thi-hoL-tha.rak}
Anacardium spp.
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Burmese-Myanmar transcript names:
Agri.Dept.2000 58-1558:
{thi-hoL-tha.rak}
Chklist: Cashew nut, Mak-mong-sang-yip, Thiho-thayet
FAO 63: Thiho thayet si. Syn. Cassurium reniforme
LSR : NL
KS-TMN : NL
Nagathein 3-388:
{thi-hoL-tha.rak}
UHM 05: Thiho-thayetsss
Myanmar-Script Spelling
{thi-hoL-tha.rak}
-- MM324
{thi-hoL-tha.rak} /|thi hou thaje'|/ - n. cashew,
Anacardium occidentale -- MEDict496
UKT:
{thi-hoL} is not to be treated as an affix. The mango in Burmese-Myanmar is
{tha.rak}, and
Data above updated (070310) in Akshara index r6c5tha.htm
Chklist data : 070310
Anacardium occidentale L. . Habit: Tree . Distribution:
Cultivated . Common Names: Cashew nut, Mak-mong-sang-yip, Thiho-thayet
Hindi :
{ka-gyu} -- Nagathein
Sanskrit
English common name used in Myanmar
Agri.Dept.2000 -- Cashew nut
FAO -- Cashew
LSR -- NL
KS-TMN -- NL
Nagathein -- Not given
UHM -- Cashew nut
Picture
Leader from Nagathein.
Colour drawing from FAO
Plant identification characters
Key characteristics: Small tree, wide dome-shaped crown, low crooked branches, smooth brown bark, large simple obovate, dark green shining leaves with prominent midribs and veins, very characteristic fruit. Description: An evergreen tree up to 12 m high with a dome-shaped crown. Branching starts at 0.51.5 m above the ground. Bark is smooth and brown. Leaves alternate, on 12 cm long stalks, obovate to obovate-oblong, up to 20 Χ 15 cm, leathery, red-brown when young, later shining green, smooth, with prominent midrib and veins. Flower stands terminal, drooping panicles, up to 25 cm long with fragrant flowers with 5 petals, 713 mm long and 5 sepals, 415 mm long. Male flowers with 79 stamens, hermaphroditic flowers usually with 9 short and 1 long viable stamen. First whitish later turning pinkish-red. The real fruit is a kidney shaped nut about 3 Χ 1.2 cm sitting on the much enlarged and swollen flower stalk-the fruit-like cashew apple, which is pear shaped, 1020 cm Χ 48 cm and red to yellow. Ecology: Requires high temperatures. Rainfall distribution more important than amount. Tolerates dry conditions if roots have access to soil moisture. -- FAO
Fruit, prominent shape. Immature fruit is acrid, but becomes sweet on ripening.
Has a burning taste which becomes lessened on ripening. In Thaton and Moulmein
areas, it simply known as {thi-hoL-thi:} without
{tha.rak} -- Nagathein, free interpretation and translation of excerpt by UKT.
A small tree with ovate leaves and panicles of red flowers, fruit 1in. on a pyriform fleshy recepticle -- UHM
Distribution in Myanmar
Mergui, Tavoy, Syriam -- UHM
Part used and uses
Nuts are used as a main food or delicacy depending on availability. The cashew apple is eaten fresh, mixed in fruit salads or made into juice. Seed coats and shells are used as poultry feed. Valuable oil can be extracted from the shell. The wood is used as fuel or low quality timber. Cashew also contains tannins and gum. Young shoots and leaves are eaten raw or cooked. All tree parts are used in traditional medicine, especially for treating skin ailments. -- FAO
Fruits. Vesicant, vermifuge, escharotic, leprosy -- UHM
UKT: Medical terms from AHTD and other sources:
ves·i·cant n. 1. A blistering agent, especially mustard gas, used in chemical warfare. adj. 1. Causing blisters.
es·cha·rot·ic adj. 1. Producing an eschar. n. 1. A caustic or corrosive substance or drug.
es·char n. 1. A dry scab or slough formed on the skin as a result of a burn or by the action of a corrosive or caustic substance. [Middle English escare from Old French; See scar 1 ]
Constituents
1. Cardol (Mesocarp) - Yellowish or reddish oily vesicating substance
becoming darker on exposure to air. 2. Anacardic acid - Pericarp. 3.
Tannic acid - Pericarp. 4. 40 to 50 % of fixed oil - seed (1) -- UHM
Results of search for 'Anacardium' in the Checklist of
Plants of Myanmar, U.S. National Herbarium, 10 Mar 2007.
Anacardium occidentale L. . Habit: Tree . Distribution:
Cultivated . Common Names: Cashew nut, Mak-mong-sang-yip, Thiho-thayet
Entry format: Botanical name / Family / Ref. Burmese-Myanmar
transcripts ( Agri.Dept.2000 :
Chklist: LSR : FAO : KS-TMN:
Nagathein :
UHM :/ Myanmar-Script Spelling (
Official Myanmar Dictionaries : - TravPo-M-Dict - Myan-Engl-Dict - Myan-Ortho
/ Hindi /
Sanskrit / English common name used in Myanmar / Picture /
Plant identification characters / Distribution in Myanmar / Part
used and uses / Constituents /
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