Name of Spice Cashew Nut


The name of cashew nut is a useful spice to us. It is an important tropical spices crop. It is an edible spice. Cashew nuts are rich in proteins and useful for health benefits. Two pictures and names are shown of cashew nuts.

Cashew Nut used in snacks, various sweets, chocolate, its oil is rich in medicinal purpose
Cashew Nut has rich sources of protin, saturated fats, minerals and vitamin. Cashew apple containces vitamin

  • Spices Name: Cashew Nut
  • Family Name: Anacardiaceae
  • Botanical name: Anacardium Occidentale

The cashew Nut plant is probably native to Brazil and increasing its run to Malabar, India, Indonesia. Major producing countries are Vietnam and Nigeria. Other producing countries are Indonesia, Philippine, Guinea,Tanzania and Benin. Now it is available most of the countries in the world.

The cashew nut tree is evergreen and normally grows about 40 feet high. In India cashew nut fruit produced in large quantities for availing cashew nut benefits for their own use and export.

We can get health benefits from the name of spice cashew nuts. It contains carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, iron and vitamins. Cashew nut recipes we can prepare for our food. Also in the cashew apple contains rich vitamin C. Cashew nut juice and apple are used for many medicinal purposes for its essential valuable properties.

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