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BRAZIL
The phrase 'Bertholletia excelsa' is the scientific name for the Brazil nut tree.
Brazil nut is the name of a South American tree and also the name of the tree's edible seed. The Brazil nut tree is native to Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil and Eastern Peru.
Yes. A Brazil Nut Tree is a hardwood tree. Do not stand underneath one. The pod full of Brazil Nuts drops about 150 feet!
The Brazil nut comes from a tree native to tropical South America, but not confined to Brazil.hep werer is it
Kapok Trees, Brazil Nut tree, Hardwood evergreens, orchids
Periwinkle
Yes. It is one of the several large seeds found in the fruit of the brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa)
An almendron is another term for the Brazil nut tree.
The Brazil Nut tree.
The Brazil nut tree can only be pollinated by an orchid bee, which feeds on a specific type of orchid Coryanthes vasquezii. So without the orchid growing nearby, the tree can not be pollinated and no Brazil nuts (which are actually the tree's seeds) can be produced.
No, Brazil was not named after the nut it was in fact named after another tree, the Brazilwood that was very valuable and found in Brazil when the portuguese first arrived. This tree is not the same that the Brazil Nuts are found."Brazil Nut" in Brazil is called "Castanha-do-Pará".