Anacardium excelsum, the wild cashew, espavél or espavé, is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The tree is common in the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests of Pacific and Atlantic watersheds of Central and South America, extending as far north as Guatemala and south into Ecuador.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Wild cashew being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Campnosperma auriculatum
- Holigarna arnottiana
- Alseis yucatanensis
- Elaeocarpus tuberculatus
- Himatanthus bracteatus
- Chrysophyllum imperiale
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Anacardium
- Species
- Anacardium excelsum
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