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The Brazil nut family, the Lecythidaceae, is in the order Ericales, as are other well-known plants such as blueberries, cranberries, sapote, gutta-percha, tea, phlox, and persimmons. The tree is the only species in the monotypic genus Bertholletia, [2] named after French chemist Claude Louis Berthollet. [22]
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.
(Bertholletia excelsa) Native to tropical South America where the nuts are gathered from forest trees growing in the wild. The nuts are hard-shelled seeds borne in a hard, woody capsule. [5] In 2019, global production of Brazil nuts was 78,000 tonnes, most of which were harvested from the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and Bolivia. [6] Cashew
When complete, the list below will include all food plants native to the Americas (genera marked with a dagger † are endemic), regardless of when or where they were first used as a food source. For a list of food plants and other crops which were only introduced to Old World cultures as a result of the Columbian Exchange touched off by the ...
Illicium: anise-trees; Illicium floridanum: Florida anise-tree Illiciaceae (anise-tree family) Illicium parviflorum: yellow anise-tree Illiciaceae (anise-tree family) Juglandaceae: walnut family; Carya: hickories and pecans; Carya aquatica: water hickory Juglandaceae (walnut family) 401 Carya cordiformis: bitternut hickory Juglandaceae (walnut ...
Alectryon excelsus is a sub-canopy tree growing to 9 m (30 ft) in height. It has a twisting trunk with smooth dark bark, spreading branches and pinnate leaves. [2] Adult leaflets do not have marginal teeth or usually have very few, blunt and shallow marginal teeth and usually leaflet margins are downturned, whereas, in juvenile leaflets have leaflets with strong teeth and flat along the edges. [3]
This category contains the native flora of Florida as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
Strawberry tree: Arbutus unedo: Honey bees, bumblebees: fruit 2-modest Carambola, starfruit Averrhoa carambola: Honey bees, stingless bees: fruit 3-great tropical Brazil nut: Bertholletia excelsa: Bumblebees, orchid bees, carpenter bees: nut 4-essential equatorial Beet: Beta vulgaris: Hover flies, honey bees, solitary bees: seed 1-little ...
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