Brazil-nut
Botanical name: Lecythidaceae
Brazil-nut
Botanical name: Lecythidaceae
Species of Brazil-nut
Gustavia
Gustavia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae described by Linnaeus in 1775. It is native to tropical Central America and South America.
Couratari
They native to tropical South America and Central America. They are large trees, often rising above the rainforest canopy. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, elliptical, with a serrate to serrulate margin. The fruit is roughly conical. A central plug drops out at maturity, releasing the winged seeds to be dispersed by wind.
Planchonia
Bertholletia
Careya
Cannonball tree
Cannonball tree are a genus of tropical flowering trees and plants. These trees serve as unique and attractive ornamental trees in tropical gardens. Habitat loss threatens certain species of the genus that now can only be found in a few remote locations.
Lecythis
Lecythis is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1758. It is native to Central America and South America.
Foetidia
Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788. It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.
Barringtonia
Eschweilera
Eschweilera is a genus of woody plants in the family Lecythidaceae. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and Trinidad.
Scientific Classification
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