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Anacardiaceae
Cashew Flower
Anacardium occidentale
Generous provision.
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Anacardium
- Native to
- Brazil, Northeast South America
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- tropical tree
- Height
- 30-40 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, sandy, poor to moderate
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 10-12
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The cashew nut hangs below a swollen, pear-shaped fruit called the cashew apple, which is edible and made into juice in Brazil.
- Cashew shells contain anacardic acid, a powerful skin irritant related to the toxin in poison ivy.
- A single cashew tree can produce up to 50 pounds of cashew nuts per year and remain productive for 25 years.
- The cashew tree is related to mangoes, pistachios, and poison ivy—all members of the family Anacardiaceae.
- Portuguese colonists spread the cashew from Brazil to India and East Africa in the 16th century, where it now dominates global production.
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