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

🇮🇳 India 1985

Taste & characteristics

nuttysweet

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

Large nuts of about 7.5 g with high shelling grade (W210). The cashew apple is red to pink and is processed into juice.

Medium-vigorous spreading tree suited to the humid coastal belt of Maharashtra and Goa.

High average yield of roughly 20-24 kg nuts per tree at maturity.

One of the most widely planted Indian cashew clones; a standard for new plantings on the west coast.

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