Curatella

Curatella
Curatella americana in the Cerrado of Brazil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Curatella
L. 1759
Species:
C. americana
Binomial name
Curatella americana
L. 1759
Synonyms
  • Curatella cambaiba A.St.-Hil. 1825
  • Curatella glabra Spruce ex Benth. 1861
  • Curatella grisebachiana Eichler 1863

Curatella americana, commonly known as the wild cashew tree, sambaı́ba, and the sandpaper tree, is a species of tree in the family Dilleniaceae. It is the sole accepted species in genus Curatella.

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