brazil nuts

     

The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythiaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seed.

Trivia about brazil nuts

  • These large nuts from the Amazon River Valley can be used in cooking much the same way as coconut
  • A main source of these nuts is the Amazon River region
  • Native to the Amazon jungle, these triangular nuts are rich in selenium, an antioxidant
  • The main sources of these triangular nuts are huge trees that grow in the Amazon basin

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