Astronium

Astronium is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.

It is native to Central and South America.

Leaves are deciduous, alternate, and odd-pinnate.

[2] As of September 2021[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3] Species formerly placed in this genus that are now placed in Myracrodruon include:[4] Fossils of an Astronium sp.

have been described from the fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district in Turkey, which is of early Pliocene age.