Brazil nut
The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a tree from the family Lecythidaceae. It is native to South America. The trees are known for their nuts that come from the fruit of the plant.
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Plantae |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
| Genus: | Bertholletia Bonpl. |
| Species: | B. excelsa
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| Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.
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The plant
The Brazil nut is known to be a large tree in the Amazon rainforest. It can be about 50 m (160 ft) tall and the diameter of its trunk is about 1 to 2 m (3 ft 3 in to 6 ft 7 in). It could live for 500 years. Some trees could also reach a thousand years of age.[1] The stem is straight and commonly does not have branches in half of itself.
Brazil Nut Media
Depiction of the Brazil nut in Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887
A freshly cut Brazil nut fruit
Brazil nuts after shell removal
Virgim oil of Pará's nut
A Brazil nut tree (Castanheira)
Bertholletia excelsa
Brazil Nuts. Taken by Deathworm 21:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Carved Brazil nut seed case brought from South America by a British sailor during the 1930s
References
- ↑ Taitson, Bruno (January 18, 2007). "Harvesting nuts, improving lives in Brazil". World Wildlife Fund. Archived from the original on May 23, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2012.