Calyx with only two lobes. Zygomorphic androecium with a hood of sterile appendages that covers the ring of fertile stamens beneath. Hard woody fruit with hard woody seeds inside (Brazil nuts of commerce).
Life form | perennial |
Growth form | tree |
Growth support | free-standing |
Foliage retention | evergreen |
Sexuality | hermaphrodite |
Pollination | entomogamy |
Spread | - |
Mature width (meter) | - |
Mature height (meter) | 40.0 |
Root system | - |
Rooting depth (meter) | - |
Root diameter (meter) | - |
Flower color | |
Blooming months | - |
Fruit color | - |
Fruiting months | - |
Nitrogen fixer | - |
Photosynthetic pathway | c3 |
Light | |
Soil humidity | |
Soil texture | |
Soil acidity | |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | charcoal fiber fodder food gene source material medicinal oil seasoning timber wood |
Edible | fruits nuts seeds |
Therapeutic use | Repellant(Insect) (unspecified) |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | seedlings |
Germination duration (days) | - |
Germination temperacture (C°) | - |
Germination luminosity | - |
Germination treatment | - |
Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
Optimum temperature (C°) | 20 - 36 |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:591270-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0000775013 |
COL ID | LMPJ |
BDTFX ID | - |
INPN ID | 629163 |
Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
Wikipedia (FR) | Link |