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

🇮🇳 India 1990

Taste & characteristics

nuttysweet

Parentage: Selection (Madakkathara series)
Breeder: Cashew Research Station, Madakkathara (Kerala Agricultural University)
Pollination: dioecious – separate male and female plants
Fruit weight: 6.9 g

Nuts around 6.9 g with high shelling recovery; reddish-yellow cashew apple.

Compact tree adapted to the humid conditions of Kerala.

High yield of about 13-16 kg nuts per tree, bearing early.

Commercially distributed as Kanaka; important for Kerala.

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