Wild Cashew Tree, Anacardium excelsum, Anacardiaceae. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica, Central America.

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Wild Cashew Tree, Anacardium excelsum, Anacardiaceae. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica, Central America. Anacardium excelsum, the wild cashew or espavé, is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The tree is common in the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests of Pacific and Atlantic watersheds of Central and South America, extending as far north as Guatemala and south into Ecuador. When uncooked, the fruit (both the nut and the surrounding fleshy part) is highly toxic to humans. It may, however, be eaten after it is roasted.

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Location: Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
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