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The cashew tree is large and evergreen, growing to 14 metres (46 feet) tall, with a short, often irregularly shaped trunk. [2] The leaves are spirally arranged, leathery textured, elliptic to obovate, 4–22 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 8 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) long and 2–15 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –6 in) broad, with smooth margins.
The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family [1] or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species. [2] Members of the Anacardiaceae bear fruits that are drupes and in some cases produce urushiol , an irritant .
Semecarpus cuneiformis is a tree in the cashew and sumac family Anacardiaceae. [2] The specific epithet cuneiformis is from the Latin meaning 'wedge-shaped', referring to the leaf base. [ 3 ]
The price is at least 4,000% higher than the cost of buying the same weight of raw, unshelled cashews from a Ghanian farmer. "It's incredible," I protest. Yet she doesn't understand my English, or ...
All oak trees may display foliage marcescence, even species that are known to fully drop leaves when the tree is mature. [7] Marcescent leaves of pin oak (Quercus palustris) complete development of their abscission layer in the spring. [8] The base of the petiole remains alive over the winter. Many other trees may have marcescent leaves in ...
Semecarpus australiensis, commonly known as the tar tree, native cashew, marking nut, or cedar plum, is a species of tree in the cashew and mango family Anacardiaceae, native to parts of Melanesia and northern Australia. Contact with the plant can cause serious allergic reactions, a common characteristic of this family.
Allocasuarina verticillata, commonly known as drooping sheoak, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small dioecious tree that has drooping branchlets up to 400 mm (16 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of nine to thirteen, the mature fruiting cones 20–50 mm (0.8–2 in) long containing winged seeds 7 ...
While these tropical houseplants can handle a lot before they start to show signs of damage, one main indicator your snake plant is struggling is if the leaves are drooping. Over time, stressful ...