Cashew or Mango family.

This week we studied members of the Anacardiaceae family, popularly known as the Cashew or Mango family.

Let's do a quick recap of the major characteristics of this family.

🌷Most members of Anacardiaceae are native to tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Several species are economically important fruit and nut crops. 

🌷Members are mostly trees or shrubs

🌷Members 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.

🌷The leaves vary diversely and are usually deciduous, alternately arranged, lack stipules, may be simple or compound leaves that are mostly imparipinnate 

🌷Many species are dioecious, meaning male and female flowers are produced on different individual plants.

🌷Flowers are often tiny, and produced in terminal panicles. Individual flowers usually have bracts.

🌷Most 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),

References: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacardiaceae

https://www.britannica.com/plant/Anacardiaceae

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