The kind of speculations below represent much of the historical divagations on Goanet! I shall be grateful if someone could provide any documentation earlier than the closing years of the first quarter of the 17th century for the presence of caju in Goa!
Teotonio R. de Souza ------------------- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:30:47 +0000 From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet]CASHEW FRUIT (CAJU!) Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:06:52 +0300, domnic fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w= rote: > The cashew is a plant native to northeastern Brazil where it is called by > its Portuguese name Caj=FA (the fruit) or Cajueiro (the tree.) It was br= ought > to Goa at the end of the fifteenth century where it soon became naturaliz= ed Comment: Perhaps it was at the end of the sixttenth century? Cheers, Gabe
