BOTANICAL NAME:-	ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE	COUNTRY:-	VIETNAM
HARVESTING PERIOD:-	MARCH TO JUNE
USES:-	THE CASHEW NUT KERNEL IS CONSTITUTED OF THREE DIFFERENT PORTIONS – THE SHELL, THE KERNEL AND THE ADHERING TESTA. THE PRIMARY PRODUCT OF  CASHEW NUTS IS THE KERNEL, WHICH IS THE EDIBLE PORTION OF THE NUT AND IS CONSUMED IN THREE WAYS: DIRECTLY BY THE CONSUMER AS ROASTED AND SALTED NUTS; IN CONFECTIONERY AND BAKERY PRODUCTS, FOR EXAMPLE, FINELY CHOPPED KERNELS ARE USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF SWEETS, ICE CREAMS, CAKES AND CHOCOLATES, BOTH AT HOME AND INDUSTRIALLY, AND AS PASTE TO  SPREAD ON BREAD.