Anacardium

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Anacardium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Anacardium (name refers to the heart-shaped character of the nut). Anacardiàceae. Eight species native to the American tropics, of which one (yielding the cashew nut) is widely cultivated in tropical countries. Trees and shrubs with leathery alternate lvs.: fls. small and numerous in panicles, polygamous; calyx 5-cleft; petals 5, very narrow; stamens 7-10: fr. kidney-shaped, borne on a greatly enlarged hard receptacle. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Anacardium occidentale fruit
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Anacardiaceae Genus: Anacardium L.
Species
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Anacardium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.

Selected species

• Anacardium corymbosum
• Anacardium excelsum
• Anacardium giganteum
• Anacardium humile
• Anacardium microcarpum
• Anacardium nanum
• Anacardium negrense
• Anacardium occidentale - Cashew
• Anacardium spruceanum

References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Anacardium