Cashew Family

The Anacardiaceae are a worldwide family of  about 78 genera and 700 species, most of them woody.  The leaves are alternate, without stipules, and often pinnately compound.   The flowers are small and usually actinomorphic (round) with variable numbers of sepals, petals, and stamens, having a nectar disk interior to the stamens.  Ovary usually superior, with one ovule per locule.  Fruit usually a lopsided drupe.  (With data from SMI).  This is the family of Cashews, Mangoes, Brazilian Pepper, Poisonwood,  Poison Ivy, and Spondias.

Plants listed in the manual include:

Mangifera indica

Spondias dulcis

Spondias mombin

Spondias purpurea