anacardiaceous

(ˌænəˌkɑːdɪˈeɪʃəs)

adj

(Botany) of, relating to, or belonging to the Anacardiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees and shrubs many of which have edible drupes. The family includes the cashew, mango, pistachio, and sumach

[C19: from New Latin Anacardiāceae, from ana- + Greek kardia heart; so called from the shape of the top of the fruit stem]

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However, molecular investigations, based on three DNA sequence regions [nuclear ribosomal external transcribed spacer (.ETS), chloroplast trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacer (trnL-F region), and the chloroplast rps16 intron)], encompassing 67 anacardiaceous genera (out of 82), as well as 16 genera of the related family Burseraceae, indicate that both subfamilies are polyphyletic (Weeks et al., 2014).

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Anastrepha obliqua often infest mangoes and other anacardiaceous fruits (White & Elson-Harris 1992) that exude sticky polyphenolic resins (Morton 1987; Zomlefer 1994).

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Naumova (1993) recorded one anacardiaceous genus in her review; Tisserat

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