Anacardium
(origin doubtful; probably from ana, like, and kardia, the heart; in reference to the form of the nut). ORD. Anacardiaceae. An ornamental stove evergreen tree with entire, feather-nerved leaves and terminal panicles of flowers; nut reniform, umbilicated, seated laterally on a fleshy, wide, pear-shaped peduncle. It requires a light loamy soil. Ripened cuttings, with their leaves left on, root freely in sand under a hand glass, in heat. A. occidentale (Western). Cashew Nut. fl. reddish, small, very sweet scented, succeeded by an edible pome-like fruit of a yellow or red colour. l. oval, cuneated, very blunt, somewhat emarginate, obovate-oblong, entire, smooth. h. 16ft. West Indies, 1699.