Taxon: Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.

Common names:

• Brazilnut   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Brazilnut-tree   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• creamnut   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Paranut   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• noyer de Para   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• noyer du Brésil   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Paranußbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• castanha-do-Brasil   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• castanha-do-Pará   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• castaña del Brasil   (Source: Names Soukup ) – Spanish
  
• castaño de Pará   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• nuez del Brasil   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: nut   (fide F Neotrop 21(2):117. 1990)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Northern South America: Venezuela - Amazonas
  Brazil: Brazil - Amapa [Acre, Rondonia, Matto Grosso], Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Para
  Western South America: Bolivia - Beni; Colombia - Amazonas; Peru - Madre de Dios [e.]

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Mori, S. A. & G. T. Prance. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II. The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). In: Organization for Flora Neotropica, ed., Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21(2):114–118.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup)
• Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. In: Secretaria Pro-Tempore, Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. (CoopAmaz) 44:85–95.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bertholletia excelsa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bertholletia excelsa. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.:

• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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