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The Cashew Anacardium occidentale is a tree in the flowering plant family, Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil, where it is called by its Portuguese name Cajú (the fruit) or Cajueiro (the tree). It is now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew "nuts" and cashew apples. Originally spread from Brazil by the Portuguese, the cashew tree today can be found in all regions with a sufficiently warm and humid climate.

What appears on the tree to be the " fruit" of the cashew tree is an oval to pear-shaped pseudofruit or false fruit that develops from the receptacle of the cashew flower. Called the cashew apple, this structure ripens colored in yellow and/or red and about the size of a plum or pearPyrus calleryana P. communis P. pyrifolia P. ussuriensis et al Pears are trees of the genus Pyrus and the edible fruit of that tree. The pear is one of the most important fruits of temperate regions. Pear trees require chilling to produce fruit. Pear tree (5-11 cm).

The true fruit of the cashew tree is a roughly kidney-shaped or boxing-glove shaped drupeThe peach is a typical drupe (stone fruit In botany, a drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part exocarp or skin and mesocarp or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop from a s that grows at the end of the pseudofruit. Actually, the drupe develops first on the tree, then the peduncle expands into the pseudofruit. Within the true fruit is a single seedThis writeup is about biological seeds; for the Buddhist metaphor, see bija. A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. The importance of the seed relative to more primitive forms of reproduction and dispersal is attested to by the su, the cashew nut (technically a seed, not a "nut"; although the true fruit is classified as a nutA nut in botany is a one-seeded (rarely two) simple dry fruit in which the ovary wall or part of it becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity. Most nuts come from pistils with inferior ovaries (see flower) and all are indehiscent (do not open at matu by some botanists). The seed is surrounded by a double shell containing a caustic phenolic resin.

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The cashew apple is used for its juicy but acidic pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in the production of jamFor other meanings of the word "jam", see Jam (disambiguation Jam is a type of fruit preserve. It is a way of preserving fruit by boiling it with sugar to make an unfiltered jelly. The proportion varies according to the type of fruit and its ripeness, but, chutneyIn Indian cuisine, a chutney (British spelling), chatni ( Hindi transliteration) or catni (archaic transliteration) is a sweet-and-spicy condiment, originally from eastern India. All authentic chutneys contain significant amounts of fresh green chili pepp, or various beverages. Depending on local customs, its juice is also processed and distilled to liquor or consumed dilluted and sugared as a refreshing drink. In Goa, India, the cashew apple is the source of juicy pulp used to prepare feni, a locally popular distilled liquor. The cashew apple contains much tannin and is very perishable. For this reason, in many parts of the world, the false fruit is just dumped after removal of the cashew nut.

Cashew fruit contain a potent skin irritant toxin called urushiol within the dark green nut shells. This must be removed when the seed inside is processed for consumption; this is done by shelling the nuts, a somewhat hazardous process, and exceedingly painful skin burns (similar to poison ivy burns) among processing workers are frequent. The so-called 'raw cashews' occasionally available in healthfood shops have been cooked but not roasted or browned.

Cashew seeds are a common ingredient in Asian cooking, for example in dishes such as ' chicken with cashews'. They can also be ground into a spread similar to peanut butter. Cashews have a very high oil content, and they are used in some other nutbutters to add extra oil.

The liquid contained within the shell casing of the cashew, known as Cashew Nutshell Liquid (CNSL) has a variety of industrial uses which were first developed in the 1930s. CNSL is fractionated in a process similar to the distillation of petroleum, and has two primary end products; solids which are pulverized and used as friction particle for brake linings, and an amber colored liquid which is aminated to create phenalkamine curing agents and resin modifiers. Phenalkamines are primarily used in epoxy coatings for the marine and flooring markets, as they have intense hydrophobic properties and are capable of remaining chemically active at low temperatures.

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