<![CDATA[Diversity and dominance of weeds is the first step in determining the success of weed control. This study aims to identify the diversity and dominance of weeds in cashew cultivation on dry land. This research was conducted from August 2022 to January 2023 in Belu Regency, NTT Province at an altitude of ± 450 meters above sea level (masl). The observed land is cashew cultivation land. Data collection was carried out by taking weeds in random sample plots of 8 points in each village. Sampling using a frame size quadrant 0.5 x 0.5 m. Weed samples were collected and identified per species according to weed groups, then calculated using the Summed Dominance Ratio to obtain weed dominance at each location. There are 18 weed families in cashew cultivation consisting of one nut weed, three grass weeds, and fourteen broadleaf weeds. The dominant weed family under cashew stands is Hyptis suaveolens, which is in the Lamiaceae family, with Fabaceae being the Desmodium adsendens species. Because the value of C = 31.97% < 75%, weed communities in the Wedomu and Kabuna locations are different. Thus, weed control in the Wedomu and Kabuna locations is different. In the Wedomu location, the dominant weeds were Elausin indica with an SDR of 26.98%, which were narrow leaf weeds, annuals, suggested for mechanical control and plowing, as well as application of contact herbicides. Hyptis suaveolens is more dominant in the Kabuna location with an SDR of 17.90%, which is an invasive weed for control suggestions when it has not yet entered its flowering period, is plowed, removed, then chemically controlled.  ]]>
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