Fruit · Medicinal

Cashew

Anacardium occidentale L.

Northeastern Brazil

Fun factThe 'apple' is not the fruit at all but a swollen flower stalk; the true fruit is the kidney-shaped nut hanging beneath it.

A low-branching evergreen tree with a wide, dome-shaped crown and leathery obovate leaves. Its curious fruit is in two parts: a kidney-shaped nut, which is the true fruit, hangs beneath a swollen, pear-shaped fruit stalk called the cashew apple, which ripens yellow to red and is juicy and rich in vitamin C. The nut shell contains a caustic oil, so cashews must be roasted and shelled with care.

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Fruit Medicinal Tropical South America, from Trinidad south into Brazil

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FamilyAnacardiaceae

Spanish nameMarañón

Also known asCashew nut, Cashew apple, Marañón, Cajuil, Merey

Native toTropical South America, from Trinidad south into Brazil; the cashew is thought to have originated in north-eastern Brazil between the Atlantic and Amazon forests

Tag	Garden area	Zone	Planted	Status	Sponsored	Note
36	Main Orchard	B	26 May 2014	Healthy	Carol S., USA

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