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Brazilian Fruit Series: Part III Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 4, 2008
Today we’re going to look at the cashew fruit, called caju in Portuguese. Known as acayu or aca-iu, this fruit grows in the Northeast of Brazil. It grows on a tree averaging 10 – 12 meters tall, and the fruit grows from red flowers. The fruit that emerges is the “false fruit” known as…