Species of flowering plant in the family Lecythidaceae
Not to be confused with the brazilwood tree.
Brazil nut tree
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Genus:
Bertholletia Bonpl.
Species:
B. excelsa
Binomial name
Bertholletia excelsa
Humb. & Bonpl.
The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds.[2] It is one of the largest and longest-lived trees in the Amazon rainforest. The fruit and its nutshell – containing the edible Brazil nut – are relatively large, possibly weighing as much as 2 kg (4.4 lb) in total weight. As food, Brazil nuts are notable for diverse content of micronutrients, especially a high amount of selenium. The wood of the Brazil nut tree is prized for its quality in carpentry, flooring, and heavy construction.
^Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996) (1998). "Bertholletia excelsa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32986A9741363. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32986A9741363.en. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
^Mori, Scott A. "The Brazil Nut Industry – Past, Present, and Future". The New York Botanical Garden. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
The Brazilnut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested...
Brazilnut cake (Portuguese: Bolo de castanha-do-pará) is a cake prepared using Brazil nuts as a primary ingredient. Coffeecake, shortcake, pound cake...
A nutshell is the outer shell of a nut. Most nutshells are inedible and are removed before eating the nut meat inside. It covers and protects the kernel...
patterns similar to types of fluid convection. It is sometimes called the Brazilnut effect, when the largest of irregularly shaped particles end up on the...
The areca nut (/ˈærɪkə/ or /əˈriːkə/) or betel nut is the fruit of the areca palm (Areca catechu), which grows in much of the tropical Pacific (Melanesia...
filbert is more elongated, being about twice as long as its diameter. The nut falls out of the husk when ripe, about seven to eight months after pollination...
nutrition is stored in the embryo (sporophyte) in the center. Although a nut in the culinary sense, in the botanical sense, pine nuts are seeds; being...
Cherry) Ackee Banana Barbadine (granadilla; maracujá-açu in Portuguese) Brazilnut Breadfruit Canistel Carambola (star fruit or five fingers) Cashew Cherimoya...
Territory. Baru nut (Dipteryx alata) is a source of food for indigenous Afro-Brazilian communities living in the Brazilian Cerrado. The nut is eaten toasted...
fat (triglyceride; mainly oleic acid and stearic acid) extracted from the nut of the African shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). It is ivory in color when...
walnut, pecan, hazelnut and Brazilnut is stronger than cross reactivity of these toward cashew or pistachio. People with tree nut allergy are seldom allergic...
herbs such as mint, basil, and rosemary, and rainforest trees such as Brazilnut. Most of the taxa belonging to this clade had been referred to as Asteridae...
to 100 centimetres (23 to 39 in). Pommels were most commonly of the 'Brazil-nut' type from around 1000–1200 AD, with the 'wheel' pommel appearing in the...
Anacardiaceae. It is native to South America and is the source of the cashew nut and the cashew apple, an accessory fruit. The tree can grow as tall as 14...
and conservation actions in the Amazon. ACA works with castanheiros (Brazilnut harvesters or producers) in the southwestern Amazon to both ensure that...
usually the next least expensive nut, and in deluxe mixes they tend to be the most common ingredient. Hazelnuts and Brazil nuts are also relatively cheap...
Examples of culinary nuts include almonds and cashews. Acorn Almond Beech Brazilnut Candlenut Cashew Chestnuts, including: Chinese chestnut Japanese chestnut...
muricata Tucumã oil, from Astrocaryum aculeatum is used to manufacture soap. Brazilnut oil, culinary and cosmetics use Carapa oil, pharmaceutical use and anti-mosquito...
org. The American Oil Chemists' Society. Retrieved 26 December 2019. "Brazilnut oil, fat composition, 100 g". US National Nutrient Database, Release 28...
Bournville King Size Bournville Mint Crisp Bournville Roasted Almond BrazilNutBrazil Nuts Family Bar Breakaway Brunch Cranberry & Orange Brunch Hazelnut...
seen in aggregate fruits (e.g., strawberry). Capsule – (Brazilnut: botanically, it is not a nut). Caryopsis – (cereal grains, including wheat, rice, oats...
org. The American Oil Chemists' Society. Retrieved 26 December 2019. "Brazilnut oil, fat composition, 100 g". US National Nutrient Database, Release 28...
National Banana Bread Day in the United States. Banana raisin bread Banana nut bread (often featuring chopped nuts, such as walnuts, pecans or almonds)...
org. The American Oil Chemists' Society. Retrieved 26 December 2019. "Brazilnut oil, fat composition, 100 g". US National Nutrient Database, Release 28...
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