Guava or cashew ( Anacardium occidentale ) is a type of plant from the Anacardiaceae tribe that originated in Brazil and has an edible "fruit". More famous than cashew nut is cashew nuts , cashews or cashew nuts ; the seeds are usually dried and fried to be used as a variety of snacks. In botany , the plant was not a member syzygium ( Myrtaceae ) and legumes ( Fabaceae ), but even more closely with mango( Anacardiaceae tribe ).
