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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Anacardium
| image = Gui1 cashewfruit2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Anacardium occidentale'' fruit
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Anacardium'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Anacardium''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s 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==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?588 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Anacardium'']
[[Category:Sapindales]]
{{Sapindales-stub}}