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Taxon: Semecarpus anacardium L. f.

Genus: Semecarpus
Family: Anacardiaceae subfamily: Anacardioideae.
Nomen number: 33598
Place of publication: Suppl. pl. 182. 1782 ("1781")
Name verified on: 27-Apr-2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Oct-2001
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • marking nut-tree   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • phobi nut-tree   (Source: J. D. Mitchell, p.c.) – English
  • varnishtree   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • anacarde d'Orient   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • ostindischer Tintenbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India; Nepal

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Arnold, H. L. 1968. Poisonous plants of Hawaii.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
  • Farr, E. R. et al., eds. 1979. Index nomina genericorum.; suppl. 1986
  • Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
  • Mitchell, J. D. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. [mentions].
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Check other web resources for Semecarpus anacardium L. f.:

  • 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.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
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?33598 (20 June 2013)

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