ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 567

  • Scientific Name: Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.
  • Family: Lecythidaceae
  • Trade Name: Castanheiro
  • Common Name: Castanheira, Brazil nut
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: ബ്രസീൽ നട്ട്
  • Native: South Tropical America
  • Specimen from: Jari
  • Region: Brazil, South America
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Emergent trees, to 50 m tall, unbuttressed, the young branches glabrous, sparingly lenticellate. Bark with conspicuous longitudinal fissures. Leaves deciduous, the blades oblong, flowers white to pale yellow, fruits globose.
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