Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly the first year
Mature size
6–12 m
First harvest
Nuts year three
Family
Anacardiaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Handle raw shells with care; the oil burns skin.
A coastal tree that fruits on poor laterite where almost nothing else does.
Growing it
Handle raw shells with care; the oil burns skin.
What it is for
Kaju and the fleshy cashew apple; laterite reclamation.