Anacardium humile
Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
L. Species
- Botanical name
- Anacardium occidentale
- Also known as
- Cashew, Cashewnut
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Anacardium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Cashew
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Anacardium occidentale but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Acajuba occidentalis
Anacardium curatellifolium
Anacardium kuhlmannianum
Anacardium microcarpum
Anacardium occidentale var. americanum
Anacardium occidentale var. gardneri
Anacardium othonianum
Anacardium rondonianum
Anacardium subcordatum
Cassuvium pomiferum
Cassuvium reniforme
Cassuvium solitarium
Others in Anacardium
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