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The Brazil nut is a large tree, reaching 50 metres (160 feet) tall, [15] and with a trunk 1 to 2 m (3 to 7 ft) in diameter, making it among the largest of trees in the Amazon rainforest. It may live for 500 years or more, and can often reach a thousand years of age. [ 16 ]
The related pacas were formerly included in genus Agouti, but these animals were reclassified in 1998 as genus Cuniculus. [3] The Spanish term is agutí. In Mexico, the agouti is called the sereque. [4] In Panama, it is known as the ñeque [5] and in eastern Ecuador, as the guatusa. [6] Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
In many South American cultures, cutting down the kapok tree is considered bad luck, which may help safeguard the habitat of this stately eagle. [59] The bird also uses other huge trees on which to build its nest, such as the Brazil nut tree. [60] A nesting site found in the Brazilian Pantanal was built on a cambará tree (Vochysia divergens). [61]
Brazil nuts are harvested from Brazil nut trees, which grow to staggering heights (160 feet or even taller). They’re predominantly found in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia ...
Consuming about 8 grams of Brazil nuts per day may reduce inflammation and improve intestinal permeability in women on a calorie-reduced diet for obesity, a new study finds.
Barringtonia acutangula (Freshwater Mangrove) fruits in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Careya arborea in Narsapur, Medak district, India.. The Lecythidaceae (/ ˌ l ɛ s ɪ θ ɪ ˈ d eɪ ʃ iː / LESS-ith-ih-DAY-shee) comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America, Africa (including Madagascar), Asia and Australia.
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.
In the animal kingdom, there is general consensus that Brazil has the highest number of both terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates of any country in the world. [8] This high diversity of fauna can be explained in part by the sheer size of Brazil and the great variation in ecosystems such as Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Pantanal, Pampas and the Caatinga.