cashew

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

Soft-wood grafting and veneer grafting are successful in cashew.

Also known as the Native Cashew, it is a member of the Anacardiaceae, the same plant family to which the Cashew and Mango trees belong.

A cashew nut.

In some countries, cashews continue to be cracked manually although cracking machinery and other shelling mechanisms have been introduced.

The bland cashew is a fitting substitute for higher priced almonds to extend the nut texture. In baking, however, almonds are more suitable for cake decoration than cashews.