Brazjl nut pod

                                Bosque Santa Lúcia - Poço Branco - Santarém - Pará - Brasil

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                                                  Bosque Santa Lúcia - Santarém - Pará

Brazil nut tree at Bosque Santa Lúcia

Sapucaia pod

Fruit of a Marajá da mata palm. Bactris maraja

Brazil nut tree - Bertholetia excelsa - resin

Plane's late

Pachira glabra seeds

Cashew

Brazil nut pod

Brazil nut pod opened by an animal

Bertholeia excelsa (Brazil nut pod)

Brazil nut bloom

Hazelnut

Bertholetia excelsa

This Brazil nut pod was opened by an animal, probably a rodent, as described by our caretaker, C. Mello.  The nuts are some of the finest foods found in the forest and everyone knows it, including local neighbors of the Bosque.  A pod this seize normally contains 14-18 nuts.  The pod is an armor of steel and every nut likewise protected by a very strong shell.

Tucumã fruit - quite a meal for some animal

Brazil nut pod on the ground

Fallen Brazil nut bloom

Friends forever!

Summer cashews