Anacardium occidentale
L., Sp. Pl. 1: 385. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Brit.
India 2: 20. 1876.
Asm.: Kaju-badam; Beng.: Aijli-badam; Hindi: Kaju; Or.: Lanka-badam;
Tam.: Mindiri; Tel.: Muntha-mamidi.
Small trees. Leaves coriaceous, obovate, 5 - 14 x 3.5 - 8.5 cm, apex obtuse, base acute; petioless 1 - 2 cm long. Panicles 7 - 20 cm, axillary and terminal. Flowers 1.5 mm across, pedicellate, fragrant. Sepals ovate, 4 x 1 mm. Petals linear-lanceolate, 13 x 2 mm. Stamens 7 - 10, 10 mm long, fertile, smaller ones, 1 mm long. Torus stipitate. Carpel solitary; ovary l-loculed, l-ovuled; style eccentric; stigma simple. Fruit a kidney shaped nut, 2.5 - 3.5 x 1.5 - 2 cm; hypocarp 2 - 3 x 1 - 2 cm, fleshy, obconic; cotyledons large.
Fl. & Fr. : Jan. - May.
Distrib. India: Cultivated in coastal areas; also naturalized at places on sandy coast and hills near the sea. Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andahra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Africa and Tropical Amreica.
Small trees. Leaves coriaceous, obovate, 5 - 14 x 3.5 - 8.5 cm, apex obtuse, base acute; petioless 1 - 2 cm long. Panicles 7 - 20 cm, axillary and terminal. Flowers 1.5 mm across, pedicellate, fragrant. Sepals ovate, 4 x 1 mm. Petals linear-lanceolate, 13 x 2 mm. Stamens 7 - 10, 10 mm long, fertile, smaller ones, 1 mm long. Torus stipitate. Carpel solitary; ovary l-loculed, l-ovuled; style eccentric; stigma simple. Fruit a kidney shaped nut, 2.5 - 3.5 x 1.5 - 2 cm; hypocarp 2 - 3 x 1 - 2 cm, fleshy, obconic; cotyledons large.
Fl. & Fr. : Jan. - May.
Distrib. India: Cultivated in coastal areas; also naturalized at places on sandy coast and hills near the sea. Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andahra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Africa and Tropical Amreica.
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