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4546.000 Anacardium
Description of the genus
Suffrutices or trees with contact dermatitis-causing exudate. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, domatia usually present in abaxial secondary vein axils. Flowers in terminal and/or axillary thyrses, andromonoecious. Male flowers: calyx 5-partite; petals 5-partite, reflexed, white to light pink, darkening post pollination; disk 0; pistillode 1, very reduced; stamens (6-)8-10(-12), fertile stamens 1(-4), much larger and exserted; filaments basally connate into a staminal tube. Female flowers: perianth and disk similar to male; staminodes 0; ovary falsely 1-merous; stigma 1, obscure, reduced to a mere point. Drupe reniform, subtended by white, green, yellow, or red hypocarp (rarely absent); pericarp woody; exocarp greenish to brown to black; 1-locular. [Description by Dr Susan Pell] Worldwide: 11 or more species in Central and South America. Anacardium occidentale is cultivated pantropically. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| occidentale L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Anacardium:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: AnacardiumFlora of Mozambique: cultivated Anacardium
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Anacardium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Anacardium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AnacardiumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Anacardium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Anacardium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Anacardium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Anacardium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anacardium
JSTOR Plant Science: Anacardium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Anacardium
Plants of the World Online: Anacardium
Tropicos: Anacardium
Wikipedia: Anacardium
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