These kidney-shaped nuts grow from the bottom of a tropical "apple"
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Cashew Nuts Grow Out of Crazy Apples | Mental Floss  Jul 18, 2012 ... File this under Seems Like a Hoax, But Isn't: cashew nuts grow from the bottom of "cashew apples," shown above. ... The cashew nut seed is a kidney-shaped snack surrounded by ... from Brazil to other tropical climates...and how the cashew apple was the ... I'm curious what these cashew apples taste like.
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Growing Cashews, How To Grow Cashew Trees, Nuts And Apples  The cashew nut is inside the funny looking, kidney shaped shell that is attached to the bottom of the cashew apple. ... You can grow cashew trees anywhere in the wet/dry tropics. ... If you don't have birds dictating your harvest times use these signs: the apple has a nice pink or red colour (some are yellow) and the shell of...
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Unusual and Exotic Fruit and Nut Plant Seeds From Around the World  Tropical plant for zone 10b and higher outside, also can be grown in tubs in warm .... Flowers in Early Spring, these white flowers are produced before the plants .... The custard-apple fruit varies from heart-shaped to cylindrical or spherical, ...... or rounded kidney-shaped, to 1 foot wide, deeply indented at the base, 3-lobed,...
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These Cashews are RAW. Cashews are a kidney-shaped seed that ...  These Cashews are RAW. Cashews are a kidney-shaped seed that adheres to the bottom of a cashew apple, it is a favorite between meal snack and makes a wonderful nut butter. ... Tropical's Nut House. Tropical Foods. Tropical's .... Cashew Apple! Cashew nut is actually a SEED that grows on the end of the fruit... &amp...
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Cashew - Wikipedia  The true fruit of the cashew tree is a kidney or boxing-glove shaped drupe that grows at the end of the cashew apple. The drupe develops first on the tree, and...
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Jeopary Questions page 1205 - AFRICAN CREATURES ...  "K" MART: Running from stem to stern in the bottom of a hull, it's the main ... of this jungle palm tree, genus Calamus, are often used to make baskets & furniture.
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Brazil nut - Wikipedia  The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and ... It occurs as scattered trees in large forests on the banks of the Amazon River, Rio Negro, Tapajs, and ... In Brazil, these nuts are called castanhas-do-par (literally "chestnuts from Par"), but ... Source: USDA Nutrient Database...
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Vol. 31, No. 2 - I Didn't Know That! Plants - The Kansas School ...  This sap can provide a good drink for a thirsty traveler. ... The mangrove is a tropical tree that grows in salty ocean water. As the tree develops, it sends down roots from its branches. ... The roots look like stilts. .... The tree gets its name from a word meaning "trader", because Hindu merchants often spread their goods in the...
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Tropical fruits & subtropical fruits  In comparison with fruits of temperate regions, many tropical species have been much .... The round or pear-shaped, pale-yellow, smooth fruits are produced in clusters. .... Usually each hand contains 10-20 individual bananas, or fingers.
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BANANA  Introduction | TFNet  International Tropical Fruits Network  Mar 16, 2016 ... Members and Partners ... Banana is one of the most important commercial tropical fruits traded. ... Banana is thus called Apple of Paradise. It is also known as Adam Fig. ... and plantains of the tropics to cold-hardy fiber and ornamental plants. ... Bananas make up the genus Musa of the family Musaceae.
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The World of Gourds - Wayne's Word  Known as "curcurbits" to gourd lovers, the fruits of this exceedingly diverse ... of the Caribbean islands to giant gourds over seven feet (2 m) long. ... There are two species of Calabash trees that grow wild in Mexico, Central ..... Modern varieties of the watermelon are derived from the native African vine Citrullus lanatus (syn.
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Unusual and Exotic Fruit and Nut Plant Seeds From Around the World  The vines will grow vigorously and bears loads of small fruit that is great for salads, desert or jelly. ... The bael fruit, is also called Bengal quince, Indian quince, golden apple, holy fruit, .... Note: These seeds need to be cold statified before sowing. ..... Female flowers give way to fruits (rounded nuts), but only after the tree...
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Nuttos Facts  Portuguese traders, explorers and missionaries transported the peanut to ... Typical misconceptions of how peanuts grow places them on trees (like ... A native of the Americas, the cashew is one of the more unusual nuts we eat, ... The fruit itself, not widely eaten outside of Brazil and Asia, is remarkably high in Vitamin C.
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A-Z of fruit and veg - Great Grub Club  You can make dried apple rings at home - ask an adult to help you take out the ... Australians and Americans call it eggplant because some types look a bit like large eggs! ... We peel away the skin and eat the soft fleshy part of the fruit underneath. Bananas grow in hanging clusters, sometimes called hands, on the banana...
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Jeopary Questions page 1882 - BIOLOGY - TriviaBistro.com  WORLD TRAVEL: If you go to Goa, you may try feni, a local liquor that can be made from these kidney-shaped nuts  BIOLOGY: Carrots are examples of these main roots that may have smaller roots branching from them  UTOPIAS: In a James...
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Download Avocado Catalogue - Gol Gol Nurseries  americana, and is a member of the Laurel family, being ... element in the staple diet of native tribesman. ... Each fruit has one seed, which varies in shape and ... should be both frost hardy and tolerant of full sun. ... MEXICAN - Native of Mexican highlands and mountain ... smooth green pear shaped fruit of magnificent quality...
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Tropical Fruits | Chef Scott's Notes  fruits that have their origin in the tropics and require a rather tropical or ... who saw symbols of Christ's crucifixion, such as a crown of thorns, in its flowers and ... The name derives from its appearance, since it resembles a pine cone; apple was...
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Nuts facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Nuts  Botanically, a nut is a hard, one-seeded fruit that is indehiscent, which means it does not ... The names given to nuts by indigenous people sometimes reflect the effort of cracking. ..... "Filbert" is probably derived from the name of St. Philibert, a Frankish abbot whose feast day falls in the season when the nuts ripen; it has also...
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Featured Plants - National Tropical Botanical Garden - Tropical ...  These fruits are prized for their crisp, refreshing flesh, ranging in color from purplish to ... tree (a monkey pod in the case of the pictured specimen) on which to grow. St. Thomas bean is found from East Africa to the Austral islands (French .... It is an attractive ornamental with large, striking red flowers, but is best known for its...
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Edible and Medicinal Plants - Travel Tips - Mongabay  This plant grows to about 1.2 meters (4 feet), and its branches look like wisps from a broom. ... Description: These plants have large clusters of thick, fleshy leaves borne ..... The flowers of wild canna lily are usually small, relatively inconspicuous, and ..... Edible Parts: The chief food in this palm is the starch stored in large...
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Edible Palms: An Introduction to Palm Fruits - Dave's Garden  May 6, 2011 ... The actual fruit parts of these palms is just the fibrous, mostly inedible seed coating surrounding the nut or seed. ... It too is a good source of palm heart like the Acai palm. ... It is called the Snake Palm due to the fruit's snake-like scaly skin. ... Another local palm tree that has several edible attributes is the...