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Kaju

Local Name	:	Kaju
Botanical Name	:	Anacardium occidentale L.
Common Name	:	Kaju
Family	:	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	:	The species is distributed in the tropical regions and near coastal areas. It is also widely cultivated in the tropics. Distribution in India is recorded from Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, etc.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a tropical evergreen tree, recognized for its kidney-shaped cashew nuts and pear-shaped cashew apples.

Descriptions

It is a small tree that are often branched near the base. Leaves are simple, alternate or broadly elliptic, emarginate apex, coriaceous and glabrous. Flowers pinkish, polygamous. Fruit in drupe, reniform, yellowish, reddish hypocarp and seeds reniform.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

March - May

Use(s)

Seeds are edible and have high economic value.