In Sumatra, pounded seeds, burned with charcoal,are applied around the navel forcositiveness. In Malaya, the pulped kernel enters poultices for headache, fevers, ulcers, and swollen joints. In Java, the bark is used for bloody diarrhea or dysentery. Bark juice with coconut milk is used for sprue. A toxalbumin and HCN have been suggested.
Oil also contains glycerides of linolenic, oleic and various linoleic acids.
Naturalized or cultivated in Malagasy, Sri Lanka, southern India, Bangladesh, Brazil, West Indies, and Gulf Coast of United States. Ecology Candlenut trees thrive in moist tropical regions, up to 1,200 m altitude. Once established, trees require little to no attention. Harvesting Bears two heavy crops each year, harvested when mature. Kernels adhere to sides of shell and are difficult to separate.