Cashew
ಗೋಡಂಬಿकाजूகசுக்கொட்டை
Anacardium occidentale L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 7.6 m
- wide
- —
Anacardiaceae
Formerly Acajuba occidentalis, Anacardium curatellifolium, Anacardium kuhlmannianum, Anacardium microcarpum, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trinidad to S. Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
- Height
- 4.6 m to 11 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pinkRead from UF/IFAS, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Merey, merey
- Portuguese
- Caju
- Chinese
- 櫝如实, 腰果, 都成子
- Italian
- anacardi
- Slovenian
- indijski orešek
- Simplified Chinese
- 槚如树
- Hindi
- काजू
- Tamil
- கசுக்கொட்டை, முந்திரிப்பருப்பு, கயூ
- Telugu
- జీడిపప్పు
- Kannada
- ಗೋಡಂಬಿ
- Marathi
- का़जु, काजू
- Bangla
- কাজু বাদাম
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Anacardium occidentale (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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