fruits & vegetables :: NATURALIZED, CULTIVATED, GARDEN :: Anacardiaceae » Anacardium occidentale
Dinesh Valke
Synonyms: Acajuba occidentalis, Anacardium microcarpum, Cassuvium pomiverum
an-uh-KAR-dee-um -- a fruit's name of an Indian tree, applied to cashew by Linnaeus
ock-sih-den-TAY-lee -- of or from the west
commonly known as: cashew • Hindi: hijli-badam, काजू kaju • Kannada: ಗೇರು geru, ಗೋಡಮ್ಬಿ godambe • Konkani: काजू kaju • Malayalam: കശുമാവ് kasumaav, പറങ്കിമാവ് parankimaav • Marathi: काजू kaju • Sanskrit: काजुतकः kajutaka, वृक्कफल vrkkaphalah • Tamil: முந்திரி muntiri, முந்திரிக்கொட்டை muntirikkottai • Telugu: అగ్రబీజము agrabijamu, జీడిమామిడి jidimamidi, mokka mamidi, ముంతమామిడి muntamamidi • Urdu: کاجو kaajuu
Native to: Brazil
Edible use:
... false fruit: ripened accessory fruit (sometimes called a pseudocarp or false fruit, as FRUIT) ... called as cashew apple
... true fruit: consists of single seed (better known as NUT, processed as DRIED FRUIT or VEGETABLE)
Read from Wikipedia
Aarti S. Khale
My picture of a ripe Cashew fruit from our home garden at Nasik, Maharashtra.
These were posted earlier.
Aarti
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> From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>
> Date: Jan 2, 10:32 pm
> Subject: fruits & vegetables :: NATURALIZED, CULTIVATED, GARDEN ::
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> Anacardiaceae (cashew family) » *Anacardium occidentale*
> *Synonyms*: *Acajuba occidentalis, Anacardium microcarpum, Cassuvium
> pomiverum*
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> *an-uh-KAR-dee-um* -- a fruit's name of an Indian tree, applied to
> cashew by
> Linnaeus
> *ock-sih-den-TAY-lee* -- of or from the west
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> *
> commonly known as*: cashew • Hindi: hijli-badam, काजू kaju • Kannada:
> ಗೇರು
> geru, ಗೋಡಮ್ಬಿ godambe • Konkani: काजू kaju • Malayalam: കശുമാവ്
> kasumaav,
> പറങ്കിമാവ് parankimaav • Marathi: काजू kaju • Sanskrit: काजुतकः
> kajutaka,
> वृक्कफल vrkkaphalah • Tamil: முந்திரி muntiri, முந்திரிக்கொட்டை
> muntirikkottai • Telugu: అగ్రబీజము agrabijamu, జీడిమామిడి jidimamidi,
> mokka
> mamidi, ముంతమామిడి muntamamidi • Urdu: کاجو kaajuu
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> *Native to*: Brazil
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> *Edible use*:
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>> ... false fruit: ripened accessory fruit (sometimes called a pseudocarp or
>> false fruit, as FRUIT) ... called as cashew apple
>> ... true fruit: consists of single seed (better known as NUT, processed as
>> DRIED FRUIT or VEGETABLE)
>> Read from Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew>
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Gurcharan Singh
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