Cashew apple

Anacardium occidentale

fruit

A juicy, astringent false fruit carrying the cashew nut, eaten fresh, as juice, as jam, or distilled into feni in Goa.

Origin

Brazil (Northeast)

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The nut is never eaten raw in its shell: the shell's oil burns the skin and mouth.

Molecules

Vitamin CIn small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

The nut hangs beneath the apple: it is the true fruit.