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Cashew is the common name of a tropical evergreen tree Anacardium occidentale, in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to South America and is the source of the cashew nut and the cashew apple, an accessory fruit. The tree can grow as tall as 14 metres (46 feet), but the dwarf cultivars, growing up to 6 m (20 ft), prove more profitable, with ...
The Goan cashew refers to the variety of the cashew fruit grown in the Indian state of Goa, which is one of the major cashew-growing Indian states. [1] In the entire state of Goa, the cashew crop spans approximately 55,302 hectares, yielding an estimated 27,070 tonnes annually. [2] Goa Kaju or Goa Caju are variations of the same name. [3] [4]
Semecarpus anacardium, commonly known as the marking nut tree, Malacca bean tree, marany nut, oriental cashew, [2] dhobi nut tree and varnish tree, [3] is a native of India, found in the outer Himalayas to the Coromandel Coast.
The trend of avoiding animal-based foods is growing: According to a 2019 Nielsen report, 15 percent of food and beverage dollars were spent on products that fit a plant-based diet, up 1.7 percent ...
The oldest species of the genus Anacardium is Anacardium germanicum from the Eocene aged Messel Pit of Germany, well outside the current range of the genus. [2] They were present in the Americas by the Oligocene-Miocene, as evidenced by the species Anacardium gassonii from Panama.
Sumac or sumach [a] (/ ˈ s uː m æ k, ˈ ʃ uː-/ S(H)OO-mak, UK also / ˈ sj uː-/)—not to be confused with poison sumac—is any of the roughly 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus (and related genera) of the cashew and mango tree family, Anacardiaceae. However, it is Rhus coriaria that is most commonly used for culinary purposes.
Electuary (Larwerge) – a honey-thickened juice spread popular in Switzerland, often made with forest fruit such as juniper or pine Féroce [ 9 ] – made of avocados, cassava, olive oil, lime juice, salt cod, garlic, chili peppers, hot sauce, and seasonings, from Martinique
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