Anacardium occidentale L.

English: Cashew

German: Kaschu

Mandarin: 腰果 (yao guo)

Portuguese: Caju

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Sapindales (72)

        Family: Anacardiaceae (19)(family description)

          Genus: Anacardium (1)

            Epithet: occidentale L. (1)

Synonyms: Acajuba occidentalis (L.) Gaertn., Anacardium microcarpum Ducke, Cassuvium pomiferum Lam., Cassuvium reniforme Blanco, Cassuvium solitarium Stokes

microcarpum => bearing small fruit

occidentale => western

occidentalis => western

pomiferum => bearing apple-like fruits

reniforme => kidney-shaped

solitarium => solitary, lonely, monotypic genus

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: red, yellow, beige, white

Check for Anacardium occidentale at

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• [188] Anacardium occidentale - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1219] Anacardium - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1494] Anacardium occidentale - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [34] Araújo,J.P.P. de, Silva,V.V. (1995): Cajucultura: modernas técnicas de produção. Embrapa-CNPAT, Fortaleza, Brazil.
• [25] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Bäume der Tropen. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.