Fresh cashew ‘fruit’ has a very short shelf-life so is used as soon as it has fallen from the tree. In some parts of the world, cashew ‘fruit’ are turned into various alcoholic drinks.

Cashews are often referred to as a nut, but botanically they are classed as a seed, as they come from the cashew fruit (which is also known as a drupe ... sumac and poison ivy. Cashew trees grow in ...

Narrator: Each fruit grows just one shelled nut, called a drupe ... in Sri Lanka. The trees are a member of the same family as poison ivy, and like poison ivy, cashew plants contain a toxin ...

There are about 3,650 processing facilities that handle the de-shelling, grading, and packaging of cashew nuts for both local ... another key challenge. Cashew trees are vulnerable to pests ...

In addition, cashews are rich in minerals like iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, and selenium—all of which are essential for the body to function properly.

Cashew nuts are Guinea ... First we go to the trees, look for the cashews, carry them back, separate the nuts from the fruit - then you start pounding the fruit. "Sometimes we pound to fill ...

Cashew nuts are actually attached to a cashew fruit called a cashew apple, making their yield from a tree relatively small. Hence, they can be pretty expensive. With this in mind, you want to ensure ...

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked both the agriculture and trade ministers, and threatened to deploy the military over a cashew nut crisis. Traders have been given a Monday deadline to ...