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Taxon: Anacardium occidentale L.

Genus: Anacardium
Family: Anacardiaceae subfamily: Anacardioideae.
Nomen number: 3060
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:383. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 24-Nov-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Jan-1995
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Mayaguez (MAY).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • cashew   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • anacardier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Acajubaum   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • Kaschubaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • Nierenbaum   (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
  • cajú   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • cajueiro   (Source: Portuguese Dict ) – Portuguese
  • anacardo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • marañón   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • merey   (Source: Use Pl Colomb ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Colombia

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated in tropics

References:

  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Edições Melhoramentes. 1979. Pietzschke, F., ed.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. (L Micrones)
  • Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops. (Edible HC)
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
  • Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Mitchell, J. & S. Mori. 1987. The cashew and its relatives (Anacardium: Anacardiaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 42:38.
  • Perez Arbelaez, E. 1947. Plantas utiles de Colombia. (Use Pl Colomb)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. [re. German common names].
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. (TreesS Mex)
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
  • Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
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Check other databases for Anacardium occidentale L.:

  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3060 (09 February 2010)

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