Brazil Nut
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
The Brazil nut is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seed. The Brazil nut family is in order Ericales, as well as other well-known plants like blueberries, cranberries, sapote, gutta-percha, tea, kiwi fruit, phlox, and persimmons. The Brazil nut tree is the only species in the monotypic type genus Bertholletia. It is native to the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Peru and eastern Bolivia. It occurs as scattered trees in large forests on the banks of the Amazon, Rio Negro, and the Orinoco. The genus is named after the French chemist Claude Louis Berthollet. The Brazil nut is a large tree, reaching 30–45 metres (100–150 ft) tall and 1–2...
ISBN: 978-6-1306-2150-6
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Дата выхода: июль 2011