Anacardium

Anacardium

Anacardium occidentale fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:	Anacardioideae
Genus:	Anacardium L.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cassuvium Lam. Rhinocarpus Bertero & Balb. ex Kunth^[1]

Anacardium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.

Selected species

Anacardium corymbosum Barb.Rodr.
Anacardium excelsum L. - Wild Cashew
Anacardium giganteum (Bertero & Balb. ex Kunth) Skeels - Caja Acu, also known as Wild Cashew, used medicinally
Anacardium humile Hance ex Engl.
Anacardium microcarpum A.St.-Hil.
Anacardium nanum A.St.-Hil.
Anacardium negrense Pires & Froes
Anacardium occidentale L. - Cashew
Anacardium spruceanum Benth. ex Engl. ^[2]

^ "Anacardium L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?588. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
^ "Species Records of Anacardium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?588. Retrieved 2010-02-10.

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