Anacardium excelsum (Wild Cashew)

Native to Cuba and from Central America to Venezuela and Ecuador, this large tree can reach about 165 feet tall. It often grows along rivers and may briefly shed its leaves during the dry season. Fruit-eating bats carry away its kidney-shaped fruits, eat the fleshy stalks, and drop the seeds, helping disperse them. The seeds are poisonous raw but are eaten after roasting. Its wood is used for furniture, boxes, and construction. It is listed as Near Threatened in Colombia. Photographed in the department of Magdalena, Colombia.