What is Cashew?
{{taxobox |name = Cashew |image = Gui1_cashewfruit2.jpg |image_caption = Cashews ready for harvest in [[Guinea-Bissau]] |regnum = [[Plantae]] |divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] |classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] |ordo = [[Sapindales]] |familia = [[Anacardiaceae]] |genus = ''[[Anacardium]]'' |species = '''''A. occidentale''''' |binomial = ''Anacardium occidentale'' |binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} The '''cashew''' is a tropical tree in the [[flowering plant]]. The plant is native to northeastern [[Brazil]]. It is now widely grown in [[tropical]] [[climate]]s for its cashew nuts (see below) and cashew apples. == Cashew nut == [[File:Cashew.png|thumb]] [[File:Owoce Nanercz.jpg|thumb]] [[File:CashewSnack.jpg|thumb|Cashew nuts, salted]] Cashew nuts are a popular [[snack]] and food source. Cashews, unlike other oily tree nuts, contain [[starch]] to about 10% of their weight. This makes them more effective than other nuts in thickening water-based dishes such as soups, [[meat]] stews, and some [[India]]n milk-based desserts. Many southeast Asian and south Asian cuisines use cashews for this unusual characteristic, rather than other nuts.<ref name=mcgee>{{cite book|title=On food and cooking (see nuts and other oil-rich seeds chapter)|author=Harold McGee|isbn= 978-0-684-80001-1|year=2004|publisher=Scribner|url=http://www.curiouscook.com/site/on-food-and-cooking.html}}</ref> Cashews can also be used to make [[cashew butter]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-07-05|title=From Fat Burning to Cancer Protecting--Which Nut Butter is Best for You? {{!}} Care2 Healthy Living|url=http://www.care2.com/greenliving/from-fat-burning-to-cancer-protecting-which-nut-butter-is-best-for-you.html|access-date=2021-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705174750/http://www.care2.com/greenliving/from-fat-burning-to-cancer-protecting-which-nut-butter-is-best-for-you.html|archive-date=2013-07-05}}</ref> Because the shell of the cashew nut is toxic, it is removed before it is sold to consumers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glossary C-G -