ON THIS PLANT
Lecythis pisonis, the cream nut or monkey pot, is a tropical tree in the Brazil nut family Lecythidaceae. It is known in its native tropical America as sapucaia or castanha-de-sapucaia. The fruit is shaped like a cooking pot and contains edible seeds.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Lecythis
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Paradise-nut en Monkeypot en Cream nut
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