cashew tree

With people having left their old cashew trees behind, a huge share of that once-important crop went ungathered.

The world's largest cashew tree is there.

It is 70 times the size of average cashew trees.

The cashew trees sway in the breeze welcoming the visitors.

Here, also, the cashew tree grows to great perfection.

The cashew trees on the other side are usually superb specimens, bird and monkey friendly and much beloved by various types of parrots.

The cashew tree (Anarcardium occidentale) is native to Brazil.

In fact, the largest cashew tree in the world is located near the coast in the neighborhood of Pirangi, south of the city center.

This tree has a circumference of 500 metres and occupies an area of 7,300 m2, making it 70 times the size of average cashew trees.

Having the size of 70 normally sized cashew trees, it has a circumference of 500 meters (1,650 feet).