Apart from poor husbandry, the drop in cashew nut production has also been occasioned by an increasing number of aging trees. Farmers are not planting enough new trees and they have not embraced ...

The part we consume—the cashew “nut”—is the seed of this drupe. The cashew tree, scientifically known as Anacardium ...

The trees are a member of the same family as poison ivy, and like poison ivy, cashew plants contain a toxin called urushiol. It's found in the plant itself and the brown oil inside a nut's shell.