Cashews: the Nut That Is Not a NutThe cashew is technically not a nut; it is a seed harvested from the cashew apple, the fruit produced by cashew trees.
Unlike many other nuts and seeds, the cashew grows outside the fruit instead of inside, within a kidney-shaped drupe that hangs at the end of the cashew apple’s base.
This drupe is considered the ‘true’ fruit of the tree while the cashew apple is thought of as an accessory or ‘false’ fruit.
Contained within this ‘true’ fruit is a single seed—the cashew.It is worthwhile adding that, while cashews are certainly the most famous product of the cashew tree, the cashew apple is a delicacy in many countries, including my home country Brazil, and is used to make juices, jams, curries and an Indian liqueur called feni.
Cashews aren’t nuts
https://ucdintegrativemedicine.com/2017/11/cashew-not-nut/#gs.8l9ngx
Cashews: the Nut That Is Not a NutThe cashew is technically not a nut; it is a seed harvested from the cashew apple, the fruit produced by cashew trees.
Unlike many other nuts and seeds, the cashew grows outside the fruit instead of inside, within a kidney-shaped drupe that hangs at the end of the cashew apple’s base.
This drupe is considered the ‘true’ fruit of the tree while the cashew apple is thought of as an accessory or ‘false’ fruit.
Contained within this ‘true’ fruit is a single seed—the cashew.It is worthwhile adding that, while cashews are certainly the most famous product of the cashew tree, the cashew apple is a delicacy in many countries, including my home country Brazil, and is used to make juices, jams, curries and an Indian liqueur called feni.