Family: Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Brief Details: Marking Nut is a moderate-sized deciduous tree with large stiff leaves. Leaves are 7-24 inches long, 2-12 inches wide, obovate-oblong, and rounded at the tip. Flowers are small, borne in panicles shorter than the leaves. It gives a black color to cotton fabrics, but before application. They are also largely employed in Indian medicine. The fleshy cups on which the nuts rest and the kernels of the nuts are eaten.