Anacardium occidentale L.
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Picture: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Picture: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Picture: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Picture: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Picture: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Picture: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Picture: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Description:
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Tree, rarely a shrub. Leaves spirally arranged, shortly petiolate, broadly oblong-obovate, up to 18 cm long, leathery shiny green above, paler below, reddish when young; midrib prominent below; lateral veins 9-17 pairs. Flowers in branched terminal heads, yellowish-white, tinged pale reddish. Fruit kidney-shaped, greenish yellow, hanging from a very thickened, fleshy pedicel. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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occidentale: occidental, western |
Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
Worldwide distribution:
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Tropical America; cultivated throughout the tropics |
Growth form(s):
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Tree.
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Spot characters:
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Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 476. (Includes a picture).
Fernandes, R. & A. (1966). Anacardiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 551 - 552.
Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 23.
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