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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 ]
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 ...
Paubrasilia echinata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. [4] [5] It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as Pernambuco wood or brazilwood [6] (Portuguese: pau-de-pernambuco, pau-brasil; [6] Tupi: ybyrapytanga [7]) and is the national tree of Brazil. [5]
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.
Couepia longipendula (chicken-nut, egg nut, pendula nut) Couepia subcordata (umarirana) Couma utilis (sorvinha) Crataeva tapia (tapia) Dicella nucifera (castanha-de-cipó) Diospyros brasiliensis (bull's eye) Diospyros hispida (caqui-do-cerrado) Diospyros inconstans (marmelinho) Dipteryx alata (baru, cumbaru, cumbaru) Duguetia furfuracea ...
The age-old debate of nature versus nurture when it comes to psychopathy has gained renewed relevance following the shocking killing of more than 20 pets by a 9-year-old last month. The incident ...
Couroupita guianensis, known by a variety of common names including cannonball tree, [3] is a deciduous tree in the flowering plant family Lecythidaceae.It is native to lowland tropical rainforests of Central and South America, from Costa Rica, south to Brazil and northern Bolivia [1] and it is cultivated in many other tropical areas throughout the world because of its fragrant flowers and ...
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.