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Actinocheita is a genus with a single living species, Actinocheita filicina (palo tostado), a member of the cashew family from central and southwest Mexico to Honduras. It is rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.
Actinocheita filicina, commonly known as palo tostado, is a plant species in the family Anacardiaceae, and the only living representative of the monotypic genus Actinocheita.
This species is distributed from central and southwest Mexico to Honduras.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
