Cultivation Details
A plant of low to moderate elevations in the dry to wet tropics, where it can be found from near sea level to 1,300 metres[3]. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is within the range 21 - 27°c[3]. Very tolerant of rainfall levels, succeeding where the mean annual rainfall can range from 500 - 4,500mm, with or without a distinct dry season[4]. Grows in the wild in a variety of situations including waterlogged areas near streams, on light clay or sandy soils with a pH ranging from acidic to neutral[3].
Propagation
Seed - it has a limited viability and so is best sown as soon as it is ripe. Germination can be improved by pre-treating the seed with boiling water - the water should be taken away from the stove before the seeds are added, and the seeds left in the water for only 10 minutes[3]. Another possibility is to soak the seeds in cold water for 12 hours[3]. The seed can be sown directly in situ or in polytubes. For direct sowing, 1 - 2 seeds are sown in each hole[3]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anacardium+excelsum>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Tree Species of Panama — http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s ↩︎Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09.
- [2]A Century of Trees of Panama. — Pittier H. Mell C.D. · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A work that was very difficult to get published according to the correspondence contained at the start!. A treatment of 100 different species with descriptions and details of uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [3]Seed Leaflets — Various · Forest & Landscape. Denmark · http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title ↩︎A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant.
- [4]An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada — Britton. N. L. Brown. A. · Dover Publications. New York. · 1970 · ISBN 0-486-22642-5 ↩︎Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book.
- [5]Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. — Chudnoff. Martin. · USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. · 1984 ↩︎Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics.
- [6]Trade Winds Fruit — http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm ↩︎The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
- [7]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.