According to Baidu's encyclopedia, the Cunning Tengu is a grass-attribute and evil-attribute Pokémon from the series of games Pokémon and its spin-offs, which debuted in the game Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire. The Cunning Tengu is evolved from the Proboscis Leaf using the Stone of Leaves, and is the final evolutionary type of Acorn.

In the official popularity poll "Pokémon General Election 720" held in 2016 (for 720 types of Pokémon with national icon numbers No. 1 to No. 720), Cunning Tengu tied with Mosquito-kun for 418th place.