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Lecythis pisonis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Lecythis
Species:
L. pisonis
Binomial name
Lecythis pisonis
Cambess. (1833)

Lecythis pisonis, the cream nut or monkey pot, is a tropical tree in the Brazil nut family Lecythidaceae.[1] It is known in its native tropical America as sapucaia or castanha-de-sapucaia. The fruit is shaped like a cooking pot and contains edible seeds.

  1. ^ Russell, Tony; Cutler, Catherine; Walters, Martin (2007). Trees of the World: an Illustrated Encyclopedia and Identifier. Hermes House. pp. 238–239. ISBN 978-0681186675.

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