Also known as: cashew apple
Botanical name: Anacardium occidentale
Family: Anacardiaceae
Description: This spreading evergreen tree grows 12-15 metres tall and has low twisting branches. Edible nuts hang from fleshy false ‘fruit'. There is an irritant oil in nutshell.
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read an extract from Sloane's Natural History
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