The main producing countries are Côte d’Ivoire, Vietnam, Nigeria, India and Brazil. It can be grown for fruiting or for reforestation and has a life span of about 30 years. It adapts to a variety of soils, but prefers light, sandy, deep, well-drained soils with a clay content of 25%. It is hardy, but grows best in hot tropical areas with alternating dry and wet seasons. The cashew tree can grow up to about 10 meters and its trunk diameter can vary between 1.2 and 1.5 m. The latter term is actually used because the former also refers to a well-known precious wood. This name became “caju” in Portuguese, “cashew” in English, “cajuil” in Spanish and “acajou” or “cashew” in French. The Tupi Indians of Brazil called the cashew tree “acaju”. Gandavo, in 1576, was the first Portuguese writer to describe the nuts and assure that they were better than almonds. The French naturalist Thévet described the tree and provided the first drawing showing the natives harvesting the nuts and squeezing the juice from the cashew “apples” into a large container in 1558. It is a dicotyledonous plant of the order Sapindales and the family Anacardiaceae to which the mango and pistachio trees also belong. It was discovered by the Portuguese who introduced it into their colonies in Africa and Asia. The cashew tree ( Anacardium occidentale L.) is a tree originating from Brazil. Nutraceutical, food additive and agro materials. Some uses ofĬashew apple were reviewed: beverage, food, substrate, bioethanol, It also shows the influence of the processing steps on the nutritional valueĪnd organoleptic quality of the cashew apple as well as the methods ofĬlarification, stabilization, concentration and dehydration. The work done on the physicochemical characteristics of cashew apples, theĮffect of the growing area, the variety and the stage of maturity on its characteristics. The favorable conditions for cashew treeĬultivation and the planting method were presented. This paper first presents the cultivation of cashew trees and the bibliography The development of this fruit represents a considerable economic challenge. In addition, very large volumes are available. That of other traditional tropical fruits, and its juicy and sweet flesh isįree of seeds or pits. In addition to its nutritional quality, the cashew apple has technologicalĪdvantages: the edible part of the fruit is between 85% and 100% higher than Indeed, it is rich in vitamin C, carotenoids,ĭietary fibers, vitamins, sugars and mineral elements where are essential for human The cashewĪpple has a high nutritional potential. ![]() In addition to the cashew nut, which is the main product, the cashew treeĪlso produces the cashew apple which is considered a by-product.
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