Astronium

Astronium is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to Central and South America.

Astronium
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
See text.

Astronium is a genus of dioecious trees. Leaves are deciduous, alternate, and odd-pinnate.^[2]

Species

As of September 2021^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[3]

• 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:^[4]

• 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.^[5]