Plant
- Tropical shrub or small tree
- Up to 35' tall
Twig
- Alternate leaf arrangement
Leaf
- 4-8" long
- Leathery
- Crowded at stem tips
Flower
- Small, in 6-10" long clusters
- Yellowish-pink
Fruit
- 2-4½" long false fruit (enlarged stalk or receptacle)
- Blocky, oblong, caustic, waxy
- Yellow and / or red
- Called a cashew apple
Seed
- Edible, within a C-shaped shell attached to bottom of "apple"
- Light tan or beige
