2007-01-09 01:32:51 · 5 answers · asked by Ronald B 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
cashew nuts are actually a false fruit that dangles below the actual fruit of the cashew tree. they are not actually nuts at all.
2007-01-09 01:44:31 · answer #1 · answered by marduk D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cashews come from a tree that produces cashew apples, within the fruit is a single seed. What appears on the tree to be the fruit of the cashew tree is an oval to pear-shaped accessory fruit or false fruit that develops from the receptacle of the cashew flower.
The nuts are harvested from the fruit. This is a precarious chore because the liquid around the nut is toxic and often leaves one with a rash from handling it.
2007-01-09 09:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by Smurfetta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they come from the cashew tree which is really a fruit and the nut is on the end of it, well what i have seen anyway.
2007-01-09 09:52:07 · answer #3 · answered by sugar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, i just came to see the answers. That's a really good question!
2007-01-09 09:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by JenJen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the info on wikipedia is great.
2007-01-09 09:54:09 · answer #5 · answered by nadezdha87 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋