Anacardiaceae
Anacardium

Anacardium giganteum Hancock ex Engl.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 410 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Philippsen, M.; Bessa, M.A.; Piva, J.H. [956] Brazil K000578248 Yes
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Gallo, A.; Soares, C.R.A.; Pedroga, J.A.; Della Colleta, R.F.L. [200] Brazil K000447471 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Spruce, R. [1971] Brazil K000537398 Type Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [2067] Brazil K001240445 No
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [1970] Brazil K001240456 No
Taylor, E.L.; Lobo, M.G.; Rebbeck, T.; Rosa, N.A.; Silva, J.B.F.; Rosario, C.S. [E1124] Brazil K001240449 No
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [1925] Brazil K001240451 No
Santos, J.L. [762] Brazil K001240454 No
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [2066] Brazil K001240444 No
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [2055] Brazil K001240447 No
s.coll. [278] Suriname K002256772 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Suriname K002256768 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Coelho, L.F.; Paulo Gomes da Silva [R5516V] Brazil K001240453 No
Manual, A.; Sorita, S. [s.n.] Brazil K001240457 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Suriname K002256765 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Suriname K002256766 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A.; et al. [6695] Brazil K001240461 No
Burchell [9716] Brazil K001240450 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Suriname K002256767 Yes
Sette Silva, E. [244] Brazil K001240462 No
s.coll. [[59]] Suriname K002256769 Yes
[a. Ducke] [23551] Brazil K001240448 No
Bosbeheer Suriname, B. [1143] Suriname K002256770 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N. [1899] Brazil K001240455 No
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N. [1830] Brazil K001240443 No
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N. [2290] Brazil K001240446 No
Milliken, W.; J.Ramos; Cosme Damião A. de Mota; Latham, S. [M685] Brazil K001240459 No
Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; da Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L.; Rosario, C.; dos Santos, M.R. [1483] Brazil K001240452 No
Milliken, W. [M818] Brazil K001240460 No
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Coelho, D.; Lima, J.; de Silva, P. [R5661V] Brazil K001240458 No
Archer, W.A. [7813] Suriname K002256771 Yes

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0