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Bertholletia excelsa (brazilnut)

Synonyms: Barthollesia excelsa; Bertholletia nobilis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds.
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Bertholletia excelsa

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Janka Hardness [3]  1810 lbf (821 kgf) Hard
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Specific Gravity [4]  0.59
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Manú National Park II 4213523 Cusco, Peru  

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
4Wood Technology Transfer Fact Sheets U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
5PARROT CLAYLICKS: DISTRIBUTION, PATTERNS OF USE AND ECOLOGICAL CORRELATES FROM A PARROT ASSEMBLAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU, ALAN TRISTRAM KENNETH LEE, dissertation for DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Manchester Metropolitan University, November 2010
6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
7Exudates as a Fallback Food for Callimico goeldii, LEILA M. PORTER, PAUL A. GARBER, AND EDILIO NACIMENTO, American Journal of Primatology 71:120–129 (2009)
8HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0