Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), Mango (Mangifera indica), Ambarella (Spondias dulcis), and Sparrow's mango (Buchanania arborescens),
https://www.facebook.com/myplantdiaries?mibextid=ZbWKwLThe upcoming week is dedicated to the study of plants from the Anacardiaceae family, which is popularly known as the Cashew Family.
๐ทMost members of Anacardiaceae are native to tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Several species are economically important fruit and nut crops.
๐ทMembers are mostly trees or shrubs
๐ทMembers of the family have resin ducts and tannin sacs in the bark and characteristically exude gums and resins that become black when exposed to air. These might be source of useful oils, resins, and lacquers.
๐ทThe leaves vary diversely and are usually deciduous, alternately arranged, lack stipules, may be simple or compound leaves that are mostly imparipinnate
๐ทMany species are dioecious, meaning male and female flowers are produced on different individual plants.
๐ทFlowers are often tiny, and produced in terminal panicles. Individual flowers usually have bracts.
๐ทMost members produce edible fruit/ nuts. The fruits are commonly fleshy drupes and rarely open at maturity.
Common examples are Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), Mango (Mangifera indica), Ambarella (Spondias dulcis), and Sparrow's mango (Buchanania arborescens),
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