Astronium | |
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Astronium graveolens | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Anacardiaceae |
Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
Genus: | Astronium Jacq. [1] |
Species | |
Astronium is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to Central and South America.
Astronium is a genus of dioecious trees. Leaves are deciduous, alternate, and odd-pinnate. [2]
As of September 2021 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [3]
Species formerly placed in this genus that are now placed in Myracrodruon include: [4]
Fossils of an Astronium sp. have been described from the fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district in Turkey, which is of early Pliocene age. [5]