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Anacardiaceae

89 species · Plants

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Searsia pendulina (Jacq.) Moffett

Searsia pendulina is a fast-growing South African tree widely used for shade and attracting birds and insects.

Searsia pentheri (Zahlbr.) Moffett

Searsia pentheri is a frost-hardy evergreen tree native to large parts of South Africa that produces edible fruits favored by birds.

Anacardium excelsum (Bertero & Balb.) Skeels

Anacardium excelsum, the wild cashew, is a large evergreen riverbank tree with toxic uncooked fruit edible when roasted.

Anacardium humile A.St.-Hil.

Anacardium humile is a medicinal, insecticidal shrub found in Brazil’s Pantanal and Cerrado.

Schinopsis balansae Engl.

Schinopsis balansae is a hardwood quebracho tree from central South America, used for tannin-rich quebracho extract.

Schinopsis lorentzii (Griseb.) Engl.

Schinopsis lorentzii, or red quebracho, is an economically important symbolic hardwood tree native to the Gran Chaco region.

Comocladia dodonaea (L.) Britton

Comocladia dodonaea is a poisonous Caribbean tree in the cashew family that carries urushiol similar to poison ivy.

Campnosperma auriculatum (Blume) Hook.fil.

Campnosperma auriculatum is an Anacardiaceae rainforest tree native to the East Indies and Southeast Asia, with distinct leaf forms for saplings and mature trees.

Astronium graveolens Jacq.

Astronium graveolens, also called gateado, is a tree with defined physical traits that flowers in the dry season and produces a single-seeded fruit.

Buchanania arborescens (Blume) Blume

Buchanania arborescens is a small edible-fruited tree native to northern Australia, Southeast Asia, and the Solomon Islands.

Buchanania obovata Engl.

Buchanania obovata, the green plum or wild mango, is a northern Australian woodland tree with edible fruit currently studied for commercial crop potential.