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Botanical Family · Sapindales

Anacardiaceae

Cashew family

25 speciesOrder Sapindales8+ well-known plants

The cashew and mango family of trees and shrubs, producing resinous or allergenic sap. Includes mango (Mangifera indica), cashew (Anacardium occidentale), pistachio, and poison ivy. The sap can cause contact dermatitis; the dried resin is used in varnishes and lacquers.

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Representative ANACARDIACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Anacardiaceae
Key pattern

Alternate, often trifoliate or pinnate leaves with resinous or milky sap, and small flowers maturing into a single-seeded drupe.

Includes mango and cashew alongside skin-irritating relatives like poison ivy — resinous sap across this family is worth some caution.

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Leaf ShapeWhat shape are the leaves?
Elliptic
Obovate
Orbicular
Ovate
Pinnately compound
Pinnately compound, small leaflets
Simple
Simple, ear-shaped leaf base
Simple, large
Simple, long lance-shaped
Fruit MarkAnything distinctive about the fruit?
Clusters of small red berries
Not sure / other
Ordinary drupe
Sour plum-like drupe
Sap MarkDoes the sap or bark have a notable feature?
Caustic resinous sap
Caustic/blistering black sap
Not sure / other

How to recognise the Anacardiaceae family

  • 01

    Resinous, sometimes allergenic sap

  • 02

    Alternate leaves, usually pinnate

  • 03

    Drupe fruit with single seed

Typical leaf characters

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Cashew-Nut Tree, Cashew AppleAnacardium occidentaleCuddapah AlmondBuchanania axillarisCalumpong Nut, Almondette Tree, Cheronjee, Cuddapah AlmondBuchanania lanzanRedwood TreeGluta travancoricaJungle Marking NutHoligarna arnottianaBlistering Varnish TreeHoligarna grahamiiBlack-Flowered Varnish TreeHoligarna nigraWodier, JhingamLannea coromandelica

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