The cashew tree is adapted to the humid tropical climate. It is currently grown in many tropical countries around the world and its production is expanding every year due to the importance of fruits in food industries. It is native to the Caribbean and Northeast Brazil ( Liaotrakoon et al., 2016 Havik et al., 2018 Duangjan et al., 2021). is a plant with considerable economic, nutritional and medicinal value ( da Silva et al., 2018). Cashew trees have a diversity of characteristics ranging from large Amazonian trees, reaching up to 40 m in height and with a sparsely developed fleshy pseudo-fruit or cashew apple ( Anacardium giganteum), to medium-sized arboreal forms, not exceeding 4 m in height ( Anacardium othonianum), to trees not exceeding 80 cm in height ( Anacardium humile) ( Abdul and Peter, 2010). The word “Anacardium” is of Greek origin and means “inverted heart” in allusion to the shape of the fruit ( Oliveira et al., 2020). There are more than sixty genera and four hundred species related to the genus of Anacardium ( Borges, 2021). These data constitute an important basis for the identification of cashew accessions with high nutritional and economic potential.Ĭashew ( Anacardium occidentale L.) belongs to the family Anacardiaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs. These data showed a direct relationship between cashew physicochemical, nutritional potentials, kernels, and apples’ agro-morphological characteristics. Principal component analyses showed three groups of accessions based on apples and kernels characteristics. Statistical analyses showed that mineral and phytate contents were positively correlated to cashew apples while phenolic compounds and tannins were strongly correlated with walnuts. Kernels are an important source of proteins, fat, total phenolic compounds, and flavonoids, with average contents of 22.84 ± 1.25 g/100 g, 51.65 ± 2.54 g/100 g, 9.78 ± 2.15 mg GAE/g, and 6.24 ± 12.15 mg QE/g, respectively. Also, the ratio of apple mass versus nut one was about 12.24 ± 1.24. The results showed significant variations in agro-morphological, physicochemical and nutritional traits depending on the accessions and the organ. Evaluations were made using standard methods. The length, width, thickness, weight, yield, kernel output ratio (KOR), proximate composition, specific minerals, phenolic compounds, and anti-nutritional factors were assessed. Thirty (30) cashew accessions fruits were sampled in different regions of Burkina Faso. This study aimed to carry out agro-morphological characteristics of cashew fruits to establish relationships with their physicochemical and nutritional properties. 3Training and Research Unit in Life and Earth Sciences, Nazi BONI University, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina FasoĬashew ( Anacardium occidentale L.) is a cross-pollinating plant whose fruit consists of two parts, the nut, and the apple.2Applied Sciences and Technologies Training and Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Dedougou, Dedougou, Burkina Faso.1Laboratory of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Food Technology and Nutrition (LABIOTAN), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University Joseph, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Roger Dakuyo 1*†, Kiessoun Konaté 1,2†, David Bazié 1†, Abdoudramane Sanou 1†, Kabakdé Kaboré 1†, Hemayoro Sama 1†, Balmoussa Santara 3, Frédéric Anderson Konkobo 1† and Mamoudou Hama Dicko 1†
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