Anacardium Occidentale

Scientific Name: Anacardium occidentale

Common Name: cashew

Symbol: ANOC

Category: Dicot

Genus: Anacardium

Family: Anacardiaceae

Family Common Name: Sumac family

Order: Sapindales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Tree

Native Status: PR (I), VI (I)

Edible: unknown

Cashew tree leaves and nut detail

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Scientific Name: Anacardium occidentale

Common Name(s): Cashew

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: fruit

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	CAUTION The green hull surrounding the nut contains a resinous irritant poison that will blister the lips and tongue like poison ivy. Heat destroys this poison when roasting the nuts.
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12 Aug, 2008

Description: The cashew is a spreading evergreen tree growing to a height of 12 meters, with leaves up to 20 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. Its flowers are yellowish-pink. Its fruit is very easy to recognize because of its peculiar structure. The fruit is thick and pear-shaped, pulpy and red or yellow when ripe. This fruit bears a hard, green, kidney-shaped nut at its tip. This nut is smooth, shiny, and green or brown according to its maturity.

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Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: The cashew is native to the West Indies and northern South America, but transplantation has spread it to all tropical climates. In the Old World, it has escaped from cultivation and appears to be wild at least in parts of Africa and India.
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Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: The nut encloses one seed. The seed is edible when roasted. The pear-shaped fruit is juicy, sweet-acid, and astringent. It is quite safe and considered delicious by most people who eat it.
Current Rating: 0.0000

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