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|familia=Anacardiaceae
| name = Anacardium
|genus=Anacardium
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| image_caption = ''Anacardium occidentale'' fruit
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'''''Anacardium''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Anacardiaceae]], native to tropical regions of the [[Americas]].
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
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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.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Species==
;Selected species:
;Selected species:
*''[[Anacardium corymbosum]]''
*''[[Anacardium corymbosum]]''
*''[[Anacardium occidentale]]'' - [[Cashew]]
*''[[Anacardium occidentale]]'' - [[Cashew]]
*''[[Anacardium spruceanum]]''
*''[[Anacardium spruceanum]]''
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==References==
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?588 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Anacardium'']
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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