LIGNUM – Holzwirtschaft Schweiz | Economie suisse du bois | Economia svizzera del legno
Mühlebachstrasse 8 | 8008 Zürich | Tel. 044 267 47 77 | Fax 044 267 47 87 | info@lignum.ch

Printing note: Print the file using the function of the browser and select the settings "print background colors and images". Otherwise, the component-image does not show. You can also create PDF files the same way. For example, with the CutePDFTMWriter.

Anacardium occidentale L.

Cashew; Cashewnut Tree

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
English Cashew; Cashewnut Tree
Français Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Italiano Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Suomi Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Norsk Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Čeština Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Español Cajú
Svenska Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Polski Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Український Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Român Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Русский Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Български Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
EESTI Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
日本語 Kaschubaum, Acajoubaum, Herznussbaum
Other names pauji (IN); Marranon

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Caribbean
States and Territories Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Peru [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I] (incl. Vieques Isl. [I], Culebra Isl. [I]); Virgin Isl. [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Belize; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Honduras [I]; Cuba [I]; Ecuador [I]; Venezuela [I]; Panama [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Colombia [I]; Anguilla [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Antigua [I]; Saba [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Marie-Galante [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Grenadines [I]; Grenada [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad [I]; Tobago [I]; Mexico [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Saipan [I]); Guam [I]; Niue [I]; Andaman Isl. [I] (South Andaman Isl. [I]); Myanmar [I]; Nepal [I]; India [I] (widespread); Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Thailand [I]; Taiwan [I]; Java [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Philippines [I]; Fiji [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I]); peninsular Malaysia [I]; Singapore [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Brunei [I]; China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Yunnan [I]); South Africa [I]; Seychelles [I]; Madagascar [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Guinea-Bissau [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Annobon Isl. [c]; Chad [I]; Mozambique [I]; Zambia [I]; Cameroon [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Angola [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Benin [I]; Togo [I]; Guinea [I]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Anacardiaceae
Genus Anacardium
Species occidentale
Author citation L.
Scientific name Anacardium occidentale L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/anaan-ca.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis gelb

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.42-0.62 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

Cashew;  Cashewnut Tree

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson