Maior cajueiro do mundo or Cajueiro de Pirangi
View of the interior with individuals for size comparison.
Photo of the interior of the tree (2011).
View from intersecting road Rota do Sol(en: Route of the Sun).
View of the world's largest cashew tre
View from above the foliage of the tree- located in Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).
(en: world's largest cashew tree or cashew tree of Pirangi) is a cashew tree in Pirangi do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.[1] In 1994, the tree entered the Guinness Book of Records.[1] It covers an area of about 7,300 [2] or almost 8,400[3]square metres. The size of 70 normally sized cashew trees,[3][4] it has a circumference of 500 meters.[4] It is now difficult to distinguish the initial trunk from the rest of the tree.[5] "The main place for the sale of lace and embroidery [in Rio Grande do Norte] is in the vicinity of the World's Largest Cashew Tree in North Pirangi."[6]
Perhaps planted in 1888,[1] alternately, "the tree is estimated to be more than a thousand years old."[7][clarification needed] The tree produces over 60,000 fruits (with cashews) each year.[8][9]
The spread over a hectare of land was created by the tendency of the tree to grow outwards and, having bent toward the ground because of their weight, the branches' tendency to take root where they touch the ground, unlike other trees.[7][10] This may be seen in the images of the interior.
