Dipteryx alata — a medium houseplant
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Dipteryx alata

Dipteryx Alata

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Dipteryx alata is a large, undomesticated, edible nut-bearing tree from dryish tropical lowlands in central South America belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae, from the Dipterygeae tribe in the Faboideae subfamily. It is a wild species, widespread across the Cerrado savanna in South America.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Dipteryx
Family
Fabaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Baru tree
PLATES
Dipteryx alata leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Dipteryx alata leaf
PLATE 02 · leaf
Dipteryx alata fruit
PLATE 03 · fruit
Dipteryx alata fruit
PLATE 04 · fruit
Dipteryx alata bark
PLATE 05 · bark
Dipteryx alata bark
PLATE 06 · bark
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