In 1994, the Guinness Book of Records set aside a separate
column for the world’s largest cashew tree called Maior Cajueiro do Mondo located in Natal, Brazil.
The gigantic tree has grown from an amalgamation of
two genetic tissues. Such tissues allow the branches of the tree to grow
outwards rather than upwards. Gradually, hence, the branches tend to stoop
towards the ground and eventually make for a root.
This new root further grows
into a new tree. The massive tree occupies 80,000 square feet of land or
roughly five acres. It is guessed to be around thousand years old. One can
easily climb a tower to view this tree from a vantage point or for that matter,
even climb up through the roots.
You can heartily go and pay a visit to this enormous work of
nature. However, beware of the orange caterpillars.
The beauty of this tree is that it produces 60,000 pieces of
cashew fruit each year.
As for some people it may come as a surprise that a
cashew nut is not the fruit but a single nut is attached only to the bottom of
the fruit!
[source: Unbelieveable Facts]
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