8/9/2023 0 Comments Cashew plant fruit tastes like![]() Attention then focused on the nut, but, in 1972, the industrial potential of the juice and sirup from the estimated 2 million tons of surplus cashew apples was being investigated. In Mozambique, also, the apple reigned supreme for decades. Because of the great handicap of the toxic shell oil, Latin Americans and West Indians over the years have been most enthusiastic about the succulent cashew apple and have generally thrown the nut away or processed it crudely on a limited scale, except in Brazil, where there is a highly developed cashew nut processing industry, especially in Ceara. The production and processing of cashew nuts are complex and difficult problems. It has been more or less casually planted in all warm regions and a few fruiting specimens are found in experimental stations and private gardens in southern Florida. It flourished and ran wild and formed extensive forests in these locations and on nearby islands, and eventually it also became dispersed in East Africa and throughout the tropical lowlands of northern South America, Central America and the West Indies. The cashew is native to and northeast Brazil and, in the 16th Century, Portuguese traders introduced it to Mozambique and coastal India, but only as a soil retainer to stop erosion on the coasts. Thus is formed the conspicuous, so-called cashew apple. An interesting feature of the cashew is that the nut develops first and when it is full-grown but not yet ripe, its peduncle or, more technically, receptacle, fills out, becomes plump, fleshy, pear-shaped or rhomboid-to-ovate, 2 to 4 1/2 in (5-11.25 cm) in length, with waxy, yellow, red, or red-and-yellow skin and spongy, fibrous, very juicy, astringent, acid to subacid, yellow pulp. The true fruit of the tree is the cashew nut resembling a miniature boxing-glove consisting of a double shell containing a caustic phenolic resin in honeycomb-like cells, enclosing the edible kidney-shaped kernel. Yellowish-pink, 5-petalled flowers are borne in 6 to 10-in (15-25 cm) terminal panicles of mixed male, female and bisexual. Its leaves, mainly in terminal clusters, are oblong-oval or obovate, 4 to 8 in (10-20 cm) long and 2 to 4 in (5-10 cm) wide, and leathery. It is generally bushy, low-branched and spreading may reach 35 ft (10.6 m) in height and width. ![]() The cashew tree, Anacardium occidentale L., is called maraƱon in most Spanish-speaking countries, but merey in Venezuela and caju or cajueiro in Portuguese. This pseudofruit (or "false fruit") is a by-product of the cashew nut industry. The plants tolerate very poor soil and drought, but they are very cold sensitive. ![]() They are very fast growing under favorable conditions. The nut itself is caustic until roasted, and they should be roasted outside because the fumes can be irritating. They have a sweet & astringent taste, and are somewhat chewy. Cashew "apple" is eaten fresh, candied, or stewed. The actual fruit is the nut, the "apple" is a swollen stem. Please expect a delay on this item as we notify those who have waited the longest. It is very unlikely that you will be able to purchase this plant unless you click above to be notified when it is in stock again. Special Note: This plant is in the top 25% of plants customers are wanting to know about. They are unlikely to be available in Jun and Jul. With limited quantities for sale in other months. We previously had the most to buy in Apr and Jan.
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