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.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Astronium concinnum Schott Astronium fraxinifolium Schott Astronium gardneri Mattick Astronium glaziovii Mattick Astronium graveolens Jacq. (syn. Astronium conzattii S.F.Blake) Astronium lecointei Ducke Astronium mirandae F.A.Barkley Astronium nelson-rosae Santin Astronium obliquum Griseb. Astronium pumilum J.D.Mitch. & Daly Astronium ulei Mattick
Species formerly placed in this genus that are now placed in Myracrodruon include: Astronium balansae Engl. → Myracrodruon balansae Astronium urundeuva → Myracrodruon urundeuva
Fossil record Fossils of an Astronium sp. have been described from the fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district in Turkey, which is of early Pliocene age.
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