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Anacardium occidentale (cashew)

Wikipedia Abstract

The cashew is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. Its English name derives from the Portuguese name for the fruit of the cashew tree, caju, which in turn derives from the indigenous Tupi name, acajú. Originally native to northern South America, it is now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew seeds and cashew apples.
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Attributes

Height [1]  20 feet (6.1 m)
Width [1]  24 feet (7.6 m)
Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  85 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate to Low
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Guanacaste National Park II 85819 Costa Rica  
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Pico Mogote Ecological Reserve II 3698 Cuba  
Reserva Biológica Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve Ia 6552 Costa Rica  
Santa Rosa National Park II 95780 Costa Rica
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Acrocercops euthycolona[4]
Acutaspis acuta[5]
Amazona arausiaca (Red-necked Parrot)[6]
Amsacta lactinea[4]
Anarsia epotias[4]
Anastrepha fraterculus[7]
Anastrepha leptozona[7]
Anastrepha ludens (Mexican fruit fly)[7]
Anastrepha obliqua (west indian fruit fly)[7]
Anigraea albomaculata[4]
Anigraea ochrobasis[4]
Anthistarcha binocularis[4]
Arctornis riguata[4]
Aspidiotus destructor (coconut scale)[5]
Assara albicostalis[4]
Attacus atlas (Atlas moth)[4]
Autoba versicolor[4]
Bos frontalis (gaur)[8]
Caligatus angasii[4]
Caloptilia protiella[4]
Cerodirphia rubripes[4]
Ceroplastes rubens (pink wax scale)[5]
Cicinnus callipius[4]
Citheronia laocoön[4]
Citheronula armata[4]
Citripestis eutraphera[4]
Coccus latioperculatum[5]
Coccus moestus (moestus soft scale)[5]
Cricula trifenestrata (Cricula Silkmoth)[4]
Crisicoccus hirsutus <Unverified Name>[5]
Crisicoccus longipilosus <Unverified Name>[5]
Ctenomeristis ebriola[4]
Dacryphanes cyanastra[4]
Dappula tertia[4]
Dirphia avia[4]
Dudua aprobola[4]
Dysmicoccus brevipes (pineapple mealybug)[5]
Epomophorus gambianus (Gambian epauletted fruit bat)[9]
Eulemur macaco (black lemur)[10]
Euproctis fasciata[4]
Euproctis lunata[4]
Eutelia amatrix[4]
Eutelia blandiatrix[4]
Euthalia aconthea (Baron butterfly)[4]
Ferrisia virgata (grey mealybug)[5]
Formicococcus njalensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Gnathmocerodes tonsoria[4]
Guaruba guarouba (Golden Parakeet)[11]
Helicoverpa zea (bollworm)[4]
Hemiberlesia palmae (tropical palm scale)[12]
Homodes fulva[4]
Hyalospila leuconeurella[4]
Hylesia nanus[4]
Hypatima haligramma[4]
Hypatima melanoplecta[4]
Imbrasia dione[4]
Ischnaspis longirostris (black line scale)[12]
Kilifia deltoides[5]
Lamida moncusalis[4]
Lecanodiaspis prosopidis[5]
Lepidogma ambifaria[4]
Lymantria ampla[4]
Marpesia petreus (Ruddy daggerwing)[4]
Megalopyge lanata[4]
Metanastria hyrtaca[4]
Micropteropus pusillus (Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat)[13]
Mimallo amilia[4]
Mycetaspis bezerrai[5]
Nanaguna breviuscula (Pigeonpea Pod Borer)[4]
Nycticebus coucang (slow Loris)[14]
Nystalea ebalea[4]
Oenospila flavifusata[4]
Ophiusa tirhaca[4]
Orgyia postica[4]
Orthaga euadrusalis[4]
Orthaga icarusalis[4]
Orthaga leucatma[4]
Orthaga mixtalis[4]
Orvasca subnotata[4]
Palumbina glaucitis[4]
Parasaissetia nigra (nigra scale)[12]
Penicillaria jocosatrix (mango shoot borer)[4]
Phobetron hipparchia[4]
Pingasa ruginaria[4]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[5]
Planococcus flagellatus[5]
Planococcus minor (Pacific mealybug)[5]
Praelongorthezia praelonga (citrus orthezia)[5]
Prococcus acutissimus (banana-shaped scale)[5]
Protambulyx strigilis[4]
Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (gingging scale)[5]
Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (false oleander scale)[5]
Rastrococcus spinosus (philippine mango mealybug)[5]
Rothschildia arethusa[4]
Rothschildia aurota[4]
Rothschildia hesperus[4]
Scopelodes unicolor[4]
Selepa celtis[4]
Sibine nesea[4]
Sphrageidus producta[4]
Sphrageidus virguncula[4]
Spodoptera littoralis (African Cotton Leafworm)[4]
Tachardiella artocarpi[5]
Teliphasa albifusa[4]
Thalassodes chloropis[4]
Thalassodes pilaria[4]
Thylacoptila paurosema[4]

Distribution

Caribbean;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 6Red-necked Amazon, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. ♦ 7Norrbom, A.L. 2004. Fruit fly (Tephritidae) host plant database. Version Nov, 2004. ♦ 8Studies on the food and feeding habits of Gaur Bos gaurus H. Smith (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in two protected areas of Goa, Suman D. Gad & S.K. Shyama, Journal of Threatened Taxa | 1(2): 128-130 | February 2009 ♦ 9Epomophorus gambianus, Margaret C. Boulay and C. Brian Robbins, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 344, pp. 1-5 (1989) ♦ 10Diet, Nutritional Ecology, and Birth Season of Eulemur macaco in an Anthropogenic Forest in Madagascar, Bruno Simmen & Françoise Bayart & André Marez & Annette Hladik, Int J Primatol (2007) 28:1253–1266 ♦ 11Golden Parakeet, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. ♦ 12Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 13Micropteropus pusillus, Noah T. Owen-Ashley and Don E. Wilson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 577, pp. 1-5 (1998) ♦ 14Behavior and Ecology of Wild Slow Lorises (Nycticebus coucang): Social Organization, Infant Care System, and Diet, Frank Wiens, Dissertation presented to the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences of Bayreuth University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences (February 2002)
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