The Cashew Tree of Pirangi (Cajueiro de Pirangi ), also called the world's largest cashew tree (maior cajueiro do mundo ), is a cashew tree in Pirangi do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It covers an area between Box, Ben (2003). South American handbook, Volume 80, p.512. . and .M. Angela A. Meireles (2008). Extracting Bioactive Compounds for Food Products: Theory and Applications, p.332. . Having the size of 70 normally sized cashew trees,Margaret Kelly, ed. (2008). Fodor's Brazil, p.453. . its branches spread to a circumference of .
As the tree's spreading branches bend towards the ground under their own weight, they tend to take new roots where they touch the ground."Maior cajueiro do mundo ", BrazilTravelBuddy.com. This may be seen in the images of the interior. It is now difficult to distinguish the initial trunk from the rest of the tree.Felippe, Gil (2004). Frutas: sabor à primeira dentada (Fruit: Taste the First Bite), p.48. .
Based on its growth characteristics, the tree is estimated to be more than a thousand years old.Clay, Jason W. (2004). World agriculture and the environment: a commodity-by-commodity guide to impacts and practices, p.264. . Cites Morton, Julia. (1987). "Cashew Apple", Farofa of Warm Climates, p.239-249. Miami, FL. Creative Resource Systems, Inc. The tree produces over 60,000 fruits each year.Let's Go, Inc. (2003). Let's Go Brazil, p.6. .Waggoner, John. Northeastern Brazil : The Dende Coast, Chapada Diamantina, the Marau Peninsula, the Cocoa Coast, Penambuco & Beyond. . Same text & author: .
Flávio Nogueira, Jr., the state secretary of tourism for Piauí, has claimed that another cashew tree in the municipality of Cajueiro da Praia in Piauí is larger, covering an area of . That tree was studied by a laboratory from the State University of Piauí.
See also List of individual trees
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