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Family: Anacardiaceae	Genus: Semecarpus	Species: Semecarpus anacardium Linn. f. ( भिलवा, घेरू )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Anacardium latifolium Lam., Anacardium longifolium Lam.	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Bhilawa	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Marking nut tree, Oriental cashew	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Bhilawa, Gheru	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	Up to 4000 m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a drupe, purplish-black, seated on an orange hypocarp as long as the drupe, pericarp rich in corrosive resinous juice; seed pendulous.
Habitat	Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Africa, Indo-Malesia, China and Australia	Bark Details	Bark grey to greyish-brown with tessellate scales, furrows longitudinal and horizontal; blaze dull red.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Trees, up to 12 m high, bark grey to greyish-brown with tessellate scales, furrows longitudinal and horizontal; blaze dull red; exudation acrid. Leaves simple, alternate, leaf lamina obovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base acute, obtuse, round or truncate, apex obtuse, round or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous above, puberulent and glaucous beneath, coriaceous. Flowers polygamous, greenish-yellow, in terminal pubescent panicles; calyx lobes 5, ovate, margin ciliate, imbricate, deciduous; petals 5, imbricate; disc broad, annular, villous; stamens 5 inserted below the disc; filaments filiform, glabrous, in male flowers as long as or longer than petals, in female flowers shorter than petals; anthers oblong; ovary superior, densely villous. Fruit a drupe, purplish-black, seated on an orange hypocarp as long as the drupe, pericarp rich in corrosive resinous juice; seed pendulous.	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate, leaf lamina obovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base acute, obtuse, round or truncate, apex obtuse, round or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous above, puberulent and glaucous beneath, coriaceous.

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