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maraddichettu (Tel.) ; Jidi-v4te, kempu gern bija, geru-poppu, 
geru-vdte, gerabija godamby (Kan.); Paranki-mava kuru, 
Parangi-mdvu, kappal-cberunkuru, kappa-mavakuru (Mai.) The 
hon. Inayet (Burm).. 
Eng . : — The Cashew Nut. 
Habitat : — Hotter parts of India, especially near the sea. 
Naturalised from America. 
An evergreen, 10-20ft. high. Bark considerably rough. 
In old trees it is deeply cracked. The juice from the stem is 
thickish and resinous, slightly brownish, blackening on 
exposure. From the bark comes a yellowish hard resin having 
mostly the appearance of yellow amber — the Cashew gum — 
soluble and used for nearly the same purpose as gum-arabic.” 
Wood dark brown. Charcoal of the wood used by the iron- 
smiths of Tavoy as the best for their trade. Leaves simple, 
smooth, alternate, ex-stipulate, quite entire, ovate or obovate, 
with a slightly rounded emarginate apex, smooth on both sides, 
of a hard texture ; narrower, but obtuse at base ; 4-8in. by 3-5in. 
Venation well-marked, whitish and permanent on the under 
surface. Nerves 10 pair, otten less, nearly horizontal, some- 
times bifurcating faintly. The bark and leaves contain much 
tannin. Petiole {-{in., slightly grooved on ventral side ; at* 
times cylindric. Panicles corymbose, branched and spread- 
ing. Bracts leafy, numerous, lanceolate, hairy. Bracteoles at 
base of pedicels, broadly ovate, generally lanceolate, acuminate. 
Flowers small pentamerous, polygamous, {in. diam ; yellow, 
with pink, longitudinal stripes, often deep-crimson ; odour of 
mixed cloves and cinnamon. Calyx inferior, cleft nearly to 
base. Sepals erect, deciduous ; the base of sepals a crescent, 
forming an erect disk. Corolla alternate, linear-lanceolate, 
twice as long as the sepals. Stamens usually 9, all fertile ; one 
of these is nearly twice as long as the rest. Stamens often 
vary alternately. Filaments connate at base, free upwards. 
Anthers 2-celled, introse. Pistil in the male flower minute, 
with a very short style ; both well-devloped in the hermaph- 
rodite flower. Ovary in the hermaphrodite flower free, 
campylotropous, superior, one-celled, ovoid or obcordate. Bail- 
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