Vengurla-4
Variety of Cashew · Anacardium occidentale
High-yielding Indian flagship clone with bold kernels and a long harvest window on the Konkan coast.
Also known as: V-4, Vengurla 4
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5🇮🇳 India 1985
Taste & characteristics
Taste
nuttysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Selection from Midnapur Red x Vetore-56
- Breeder
- Regional Fruit Research Station, Vengurla (Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth)
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 7.5 g
Description
Fruit
Large nuts of about 7.5 g with high shelling grade (W210). The cashew apple is red to pink and is processed into juice.
Growth
Medium-vigorous spreading tree suited to the humid coastal belt of Maharashtra and Goa.
Yield
High average yield of roughly 20-24 kg nuts per tree at maturity.
Notes
One of the most widely planted Indian cashew clones; a standard for new plantings on the west coast.
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