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Anacardium occidentale
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Cashew nut (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: | Tree, rarely a shrub. Leaves spirally arranged, shortly petiolate, broadly oblong-obovate, up to 18 cm long, leathery shiny green above, paler below, reddish when young; midrib prominent below; lateral veins 9-17 pairs. Flowers in branched terminal heads, yellowish-white, tinged pale reddish. Fruit kidney-shaped, greenish yellow, hanging from a very thickened, fleshy pedicel. |
| Notes: | This species is recorded in FZ 2(2): 551 for E Zimbabwe. The specimen cited is Chase in GHS 75835, which was collected in Mutare in fruit on 4 April 1957. There is no evidence from the material in SRGH as to whether this was a cultivated plant or a naturalised escape. However, in SRGH, the specimen has been placed in a cultivated plants folder. We shall therefore assume that Anacardium occurs only as a cultivated genus in Zimbabwe. |
| Derivation of specific name: | occidentale: occidental, western |
| Habitat: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical America; cultivated throughout the tropics |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 12 September 2008 |
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Other sources of information about Anacardium occidentale:
African Plant Database: Anacardium occidentaleBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Anacardium occidentale
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Anacardium occidentale
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Anacardium occidentale
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Anacardium occidentale
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Anacardium occidentale
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anacardium occidentale
JSTOR Plant Science: Anacardium occidentale
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Anacardium occidentale
Tropicos: Anacardium occidentale
West African Plants database: Anacardium occidentale
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