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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 568
- 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
- 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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- Other Accessions of Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.