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Caschew
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- Features:Foliage: Oval, leathery leaves with prominent veins and smooth margins.Flowers: Fragrant, five-petaled white flowers borne in large panicles. The tree is self-pollinating.Fruit: The tree produces a "cashew apple" (a sweet, edible, pear-shaped pseudo-fruit) which is red or yellow when ripe. The true nut, the cashew kernel, grows attached to the bottom of this apple, enclosed within a hard, toxic shell.Habit: A spreading, evergreen tree with a large, wide canopy.
- Mature Height: 20-40 ft.
- Mature Width: 20-40 ft.
- Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
- Light Needs: Full sun
- Key Advantages:Produces highly valuable edible nuts.The cashew apple is also edible and can be used in beverages and jams.Self-pollinating.Relatively low maintenance once established.Early maturity and high productivity for a nut tree
- Landscape Uses:Tropical nut orchard.Large shade tree in suitable climates
- Care Requirements:Climate: Strictly tropical; highly sensitive to frost.Planting Time: Best planted during the hottest part of the year (June-August in the Northern Hemisphere).
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