Semecarpus

It is a deciduous tree. Like the closely related cashew, the fruit is composed of two parts, a reddish-orange accessory fruit and a black drupe that grows at the end. The nut is about 25 millimetres (1 in) long, ovoid and smooth lustrous black. The accessory fruit is edible and sweet when ripe, but the black fruit is toxic and produces a severe allergic reaction if it is consumed or its resin comes in contact with the skin.
The seed inside the black fruit, known as godambi (गोडंबी), is edible when properly prepareSemecarpus anacardium is used in Ayurvedic medicine for improving sexual power, increasing sperm count, curing diseases related to the digestive system, balancing phlegm (Sanskrit: kapha doṣa, कफ दोष), inducing abortion.d.

Order: Myrtales
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Semecarpus
Species: S. anacardium