title: Cashaw
text: # Cashaw
  
  Cashaw is a vernacular name for several plants. The term is derived from the colloquial English dialects, in particular Jamaican patois. It can refer to:
  
  * Certain algarrobo, bayahonda and mesquite trees (Prosopis species) in the Fabaceae
  * Anacardium occidentale, or cashew, in the Anacardiaceae
  * Acacia farnesiana, or needle bush, in the Fabaceae
  * Cucurbita argyrosperma, or cushaw, in the Cucurbitaceae
  