Brazil nut, the Glossary
The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds.[1]
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- Crops originating from Bolivia
- Crops originating from Brazil
- Crops originating from Colombia
- Crops originating from Peru
- Crops originating from South America
- Lecythidaceae
- Trees of Guyana
Acceptance
Acceptance in human psychology is a person's recognition and assent to the finality of a situation without attempting to change or protest it.
Aflatoxin
Aflatoxins are various poisonous carcinogens and mutagens that are produced by certain molds, particularly Aspergillus species mainly by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.
Agouti
The agouti or common agouti is any of several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta.
Aimé Bonpland
Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (22 August 1773 – 11 May 1858) was a French explorer and botanist who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America from 1799 to 1804.
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Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
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Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.
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Amazon River
The Amazon River (Río Amazonas, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century the Amazon basin's most distant source until a 2014 study found it to be the headwaters of the Mantaro River on the Cordillera Rumi Cruz in Peru.
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Anvil
An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked").
Barium
Barium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ba and atomic number 56.
Beta-Sitosterol
β-sitosterol (beta-sitosterol) is one of several phytosterols (plant sterols) with chemical structures similar to that of cholesterol.
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Biomarker
In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
Brazil nut cake
Brazil nut cake is a cake prepared using Brazil nuts as a primary ingredient.
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Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária) is a state-owned research corporation affiliated with the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture.
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Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Portuguese: Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, IBAMA) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm.
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Bumblebee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families.
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Calorie
The calorie is a unit of energy that originated from the caloric theory of heat.
Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae.
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Capsule (fruit)
In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).
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Capuchin monkey
The capuchin monkeys are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae.
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Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).
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Carpenter bee
Carpenter bees are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae.
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Carpentry
Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.
Center for International Forestry Research
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a non-profit scientific research organization that conducts research on the use and management of forests with a focus on tropical forests in developing countries.
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Centris
The genus Centris contains circa 250 species of large apid bees occurring in the Neotropical and Nearctic realms, from Kansas to Argentina.
Charcoal
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents.
Claude Louis Berthollet
Claude Louis Berthollet (9 December 1748 – 6 November 1822) was a Savoyard-French chemist who became vice president of the French Senate in 1804.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Cosmetics
Cosmetics are composed of mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources or synthetically created ones.
Deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the centre of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.
Dietary fiber
Dietary fiber (fibre in Commonwealth English) or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes.
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Diospyros
Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. Brazil nut and Diospyros are fruit trees.
Epicharis (bee)
The genus Epicharis contains fewer than 40 species of large apid bees occurring in the Neotropics (from Mexico to Brazil), most of which possess adaptations for carrying floral oils rather than (or in addition to) pollen or nectar.
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Ericales
The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons.
Eulaema
Eulaema is a genus of large-bodied euglossine bees that occur primarily in the Neotropics.
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Fabula (journal)
Fabula (from lat. fabula: "story, fable") is a multilingual academic journal on comparative folklore studies with a focus on European narratives (such as fairy tales, sagas, and fables).
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Fat
In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.
Fatty acid
In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated.
Flooring
Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering.
Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database
The Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT) website disseminates statistical data collected and maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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Fruit (plant structure)
Fruits are the mature ovary or ovaries of one or more flowers.
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Granular convection
Granular convection is a phenomenon where granular material subjected to shaking or vibration will exhibit circulation patterns similar to types of fluid convection.
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Gutta-percha
Gutta-percha is a tree of the genus Palaquium in the family Sapotaceae.
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Hepatotoxicity
Hepatotoxicity (from hepatic toxicity) implies chemical-driven liver damage.
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High-density lipoprotein
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is one of the five major groups of lipoproteins.
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Hoarding (animal behavior)
Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics (animals of the same or closely related species) and members of other species.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
Iron(III) oxide
Iron(III) oxide or ferric oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Fe2O3.
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Α-Linolenic acid
α-Linolenic acid, also known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) (from Greek alpha meaning "first" and linon meaning flax), is an ''n''−3, or omega-3, essential fatty acid.
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Lecythidaceae
The Lecythidaceae 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.
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Linoleic acid
Linoleic acid (LA) is an organic compound with the formula.
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List of culinary nuts
A culinary nut is a dry, edible fruit or seed that usually, but not always, has a high fat content. Brazil nut and List of culinary nuts are edible nuts and seeds.
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List of endangered flora of Brazil
This is a partial list of the endangered flora of Brazil as listed under an act published in Portaria 37-N de 3 de abril de 1992 (Act No 37-N on April 3, 1992) by IBAMA. Brazil nut and list of endangered flora of Brazil are Vulnerable flora of South America.
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List of ethnic slurs
The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnic, national, or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise insulting manner.
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Liver cancer
Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver.
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Logging
Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport.
Lubricant
A lubricant (sometimes shortened to lube) is a substance that helps to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move.
Lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.
Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
Manilkara zapota
Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla, sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America.
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Microgram
In the metric system, a microgram or microgramme is a unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram.
Micronutrient
Micronutrients are essential dietary elements required by organisms in varying quantities to regulate physiological functions of cells and organs.
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Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
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Monounsaturated fat
In biochemistry and nutrition, a monounsaturated fat is a fat that contains a monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), a subclass of fatty acid characterized by having a double bond in the fatty acid chain with all of the remaining carbon atoms being single-bonded.
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Nigger
In the English language, nigger is a racial slur directed at black people.
Nut (fruit)
A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. Brazil nut and nut (fruit) are edible nuts and seeds.
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Nutshell
A nutshell is the outer shell of a nut. Brazil nut and nutshell are edible nuts and seeds.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a consortium of American universities headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with offices in Arvada, Colorado and Cincinnati, Ohio and staff at other locations across the country.
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Oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils).
Oleic acid
Oleic acid is a fatty acid that occurs naturally in various animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Orinoco
The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at. Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers ca 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and the 35% in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the world by discharge volume of water. The nevertheless high volume flow (39,000 m3/s at delta) of the Orinoco can be explained by the high precipitation in almost the entire catchment area (ca 2,300 mm/a).
Palmitic acid
Palmitic acid (hexadecanoic acid in IUPAC nomenclature) is a fatty acid with a 16-carbon chain.
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Palmitoleic acid
Palmitoleic acid, or (9Z)-hexadec-9-enoic acid, is an omega-7 monounsaturated fatty acid (16:1n-7) with the formula CH3(CH2)5CH.
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Panicle
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence.
Pará
Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River.
Paubrasilia
Paubrasilia echinata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Brazil nut and Paubrasilia are trees of Brazil.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Phlox
Phlox (φλόξ "flame"; plural "phlox" or "phloxes", φλόγες) is a genus of 68 species of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae.
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.
Phytosterol
Phytosterols are phytosteroids, similar to cholesterol, that serve as structural components of biological membranes of plants.
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Plant stem
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root.
Pollination
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds.
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Polyunsaturated fat
In biochemistry and nutrition, a polyunsaturated fat is a fat that contains a polyunsaturated fatty acid (abbreviated PUFA), which is a subclass of fatty acid characterized by a backbone with two or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
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Portuguese language
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.
Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Radioactive decay
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation.
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Radium
Radium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ra and atomic number 88.
Reference Daily Intake
In the U.S. and Canada, the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) is used in nutrition labeling on food and dietary supplement products to indicate the daily intake level of a nutrient that is considered to be sufficient to meet the requirements of 97–98% of healthy individuals in every demographic in the United States.
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Rio Negro (Amazon)
The Rio Negro (br; Río Negro "Black River"), or Guainía as it is known in its upper part, is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin), the largest blackwater river in the world, and one of the world's ten largest rivers by average discharge.
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Saturated fat
A saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all single bonds between the carbon atoms.
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Seed
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).
Selenium
Selenium is a chemical element; it has the symbol Se and atomic number 34.
Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).
Slang
A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing.
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Stamen
The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.
Stearic acid
Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid with an 18-carbon chain.
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Tapajós
The Tapajós (Rio Tapajós) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. It is one of the largest clearwater rivers, accounting for about 6% of the water in the Amazon basin.
The Guianas
The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a region in north-eastern South America.
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Thiamine
Thiamine, also known as thiamin and vitamin B1, is a vitamin, an essential micronutrient for humans and animals.
Tonne
The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
Traumatic brain injury
A traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as an intracranial injury, is an injury to the brain caused by an external force.
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Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Tupi language
Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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Unsaturated fat
An unsaturated fat is a fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols.
Vulgarity
Vulgarity is the quality of being common, coarse, or unrefined.
Wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.
Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
See also
Crops originating from Bolivia
- Brazil nut
- Mirabilis expansa
- Nicotiana glauca
- Oxalis tuberosa
- Potato
- Potatoes
- Tamarillo
- Tropaeolum tuberosum
- Ullucus
Crops originating from Brazil
- Açaí oil
- Açaí palm
- Attalea speciosa
- Banana production in Brazil
- Brazil nut
- Eugenia azeda
- Eugenia involucrata
- Eugenia pitanga
- Eugenia valsuganana
- Feijoa sellowiana
- Guarana
- Jabuticaba
- Leptotes bicolor
- Morisonia speciosa
- Myrcia crassa
- Myrcia floridissima
- Myrcia mucugensis
- Myrcia pendula
- Myrcia pseudomarlierea
- Myrcia pseudospectabilis
- Myrcia tetraphylla
- Myrciaria alta
- Myrciaria cambuca
- Myrciaria cordata
- Myrciaria evanida
- Myrciaria glanduliflora
- Myrciaria glazioviana
- Myrciaria pallida
- Myrciaria una
- Nicotiana glauca
- Passiflora edulis
- Plinia complanata
- Plinia coronata
- Plinia espinhacensis
- Plinia grandifolia
- Plinia martinellii
- Plinia oblongata
- Plinia pauciflora
- Plinia peruviana
- Plinia phitrantha
- Plinia rogersiana
- Plinia spirito-santensis
- Pouteria caimito
- Quararibea cordata
- Yerba mate
Crops originating from Colombia
- Arracacia xanthorrhiza
- Brazil nut
- Chicle
- Eugenia victoriana
- Fique
- Juglans neotropica
- Mountain papaya
- Pouteria caimito
- Quararibea cordata
- Solanum pseudolulo
- Solanum quitoense
- Tropaeolum tuberosum
- Ullucus
Crops originating from Peru
- Arracacia xanthorrhiza
- Banana passionfruit
- Bixa orellana
- Brazil nut
- Capsicum pubescens
- Cherimoya
- Chili pepper
- Coca
- Cocoa bean
- Cyclanthera pedata
- Fique
- Gossypium barbadense
- Jabuticaba
- Juglans neotropica
- Lepidium meyenii
- Lima bean
- Lupinus mutabilis
- Mirabilis expansa
- Mountain papaya
- Myrciaria dubia
- Nicotiana glauca
- Nicotiana rustica
- Oxalis tuberosa
- Passiflora edulis
- Passiflora ligularis
- Passiflora tarminiana
- Peruvian corn
- Potato
- Potatoes
- Pouteria caimito
- Pouteria lucuma
- Quararibea cordata
- Quinoa
- Sambucus peruviana
- Solanum candidum
- Solanum caripense
- Solanum muricatum
- Solanum pseudocapsicum
- Solanum quitoense
- Tamarillo
- Theobroma cacao
- Tropaeolum tuberosum
- Ullucus
- Yacón
Crops originating from South America
- Amaranthus caudatus
- Amazon wild rice
- Annona purpurea
- Annona reticulata
- Annona squamosa
- Astrocaryum vulgare
- Avocado
- Brazil nut
- Canna indica
- Capsicum cardenasii
- Carapa
- Carapa guianensis
- Cashew
- Cashews
- Cassava
- Chenopodium pallidicaule
- Cocoa bean
- Couma utilis
- Erythroxylum novogranatense
- Fique
- Furcraea andina
- Furcraea cabuya
- Goeppertia allouia
- Gossypium hirsutum
- Hevea brasiliensis
- Lupinus mutabilis
- Maranta arundinacea
- Mauritia flexuosa
- Nacional (cocoa bean)
- Nicotiana tabacum
- Passiflora edulis
- Peanut
- Peanuts
- Physalis peruviana
- Platonia
- Potato
- Potatoes
- Pouteria campechiana
- Sweet potato cultivation in Polynesia
- Theobroma grandiflorum
- Tomato
- Zea (plant)
Lecythidaceae
- Allantoma
- Allantoma integrifolia
- Allantoma kuhlmannii
- Allantoma lineata
- Allantoma pachyantha
- Allantoma pauciramosa
- Allantoma uaupensis
- Asteranthos
- Barringtonia
- Brazil nut
- Brazzeia
- Brazzeia longipedicellata
- Careya
- Careya arborea
- Cariniana
- Chydenanthus
- Corythophora
- Corythophora labriculata
- Couratari
- Couroupita
- Couroupita guianensis
- Couroupita nicaraguarensis
- Crateranthus
- Crateranthus talbotii
- Eschweilera
- Foetidia
- Grias
- Gustavia (plant)
- Lecythidaceae
- Lecythis
- Napoleonaea
- Oubanguia
- Petersianthus
- Petersianthus quadrialatus
- Pierrina
- Planchonia
- Pīlu
- Rhaptopetalum
- Scytopetalum
Trees of Guyana
- Aniba rosaeodora
- Annona ambotay
- Aspidosperma vargasii
- Astrocaryum jauari
- Astrocaryum vulgare
- Bagassa
- Brazil nut
- Cabralea
- Carapa
- Chlorocardium rodiei
- Citharexylum spinosum
- Couroupita guianensis
- Dipteryx odorata
- Eschweilera coriacea
- Ficus americana
- Geonoma maxima
- Handroanthus serratifolius
- Inga lomatophylla
- Iwokrama Forest
- Mauritia flexuosa
- Mauritiella aculeata
- Mauritiella armata
- Minquartia
- Phenakospermum
- Platonia
- Psidium acutangulum
- Roystonea oleracea
- Spondias mombin
- Swietenia macrophylla
- Virola calophylla
- Vitex orinocensis
- Vitex triflora
- Vouacapoua americana
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_nut
Also known as Bertholletia, Bertholletia excelsa, Brasil Nut, Brazil Nut Tree, Brazil nut oil, Brazil nuts, Brazil-nut, Brazil-nut tree, Brazilian nuts, Brazilnut, Brazilnuts, Castanha do Pará, Castanha oil, Castanha-do-pará, Nigger Toes, Nigger toe, Niggertoe, Niggertoes.
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