K-22-1
Variety of Cashew · Anacardium occidentale
Kerala clone released as Kanaka, with early bearing and good kernel quality.
Also known as: Kanaka, K 22-1
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5🇮🇳 India 1990
Taste & characteristics
Taste
nuttysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Selection (Madakkathara series)
- Breeder
- Cashew Research Station, Madakkathara (Kerala Agricultural University)
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 6.9 g
Description
Fruit
Nuts around 6.9 g with high shelling recovery; reddish-yellow cashew apple.
Growth
Compact tree adapted to the humid conditions of Kerala.
Yield
High yield of about 13-16 kg nuts per tree, bearing early.
Notes
Commercially distributed as Kanaka; important for Kerala.
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