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.

Rather than being enclosed in a thick, hard shell, the cashew has a thin exterior shell that seems to descend from what is called the cashew apple — a bright red, fleshy stem that looks ...

and high-value products such as Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) oil, used in multifunctional applications. “Reports showed that the export price of cashew kernels from India and Vietnam to the EU and ...

THE Cashew Board of Tanzania (CBT) has set ambitious target for the cashew nut production, with plans to increase production to one million tons by 2030. Francis Alfred, director of CBT, shared the ...