Resources Tagged: Nuts

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  1. Pachira glabra - Saba Nut

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Nuts, Vegetable, Leaves A small tree. It grows 17 m high. The trunk is bright green. The leaves have 5-7 leaflets. The leaves have long leaf stalks. The flowers come out at night. They have light green strap-like petals. The stamen are white and curved. The fruit is a green...
    Vegetable Edible Nuts Nuts FPI Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Guinea Chesnut Guinea Nut Saba Nut Glabrous pachira

  2. Cashew

    1999-01-01 The cashew, Anacardium occidentale, is a resilient and fast-growing evergreen tree that can grow to a height of 20 m (60 ft). It belongs to the family Anacardiaceae, which also contains poison ivy and the mango. Native to arid northeastern Brazil, the cashew was taken around the world by the...
    Anacardium occiden... Cashew Nuts

  3. Introducing A New Fruit Crop

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    2011-01-20 Over the past 30 plus years that we have been working with small-scale farmers in Central Africa, we have enjoyed the wonderful lushness of its forests, savannahs, and rivers. In addition, we have been privileged to get to know some of the many people groups, with their different cultures and...
    Nuts Tropical Food Crops Orchard Food Security Fruit Trees