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Lecythidaceae
Brazil Nut Flower
Bertholletia excelsa
Interconnection of life.
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Genus
- Bertholletia
- Native to
- South America, Amazon Basin
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- evergreen tree
- Height
- 100-160 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- deep, well-drained, tropical
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 11-12
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Brazil nut flowers can only be pollinated by large-bodied bees strong enough to pry open the tightly coiled flower hood.
- The trees depend on a specific orchid that provides the fragrance needed to attract the pollinating euglossine bees.
- A single brazil nut tree can live for over 1,000 years and produce nuts for most of that time.
- The heavy fruit pods weigh up to 5 pounds and fall from heights of 160 feet, posing a real danger in the forest.
- Brazil nut trees cannot be commercially farmed; virtually all nuts sold worldwide come from wild Amazonian trees.
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