Bertholletia excelsa - Unknown
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Internal ID UUID644026f21c4e5153574481
Scientific name Bertholletia excelsa
Authority Bonpl.
First published in Pl. Aequinoct. 1: 122 (1808)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Barthollesia excelsa Silva Manso Enum. Subst. Braz. 45. 1836 (1836)
Bertholletia nobilis Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 197 (1874)

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Language Common/alternative name
English brazil-nut tree
English brazilnut
English para nut
English brazil nut
Spanish turury
Spanish barthollesia
Spanish barthollesia excelsa
Spanish bertholletia nobilis
Spanish castana de brasil
Spanish castaña de brasil
Spanish castana de monte
Spanish castaña de monte
Spanish castanas de brasil
Spanish castañas de brasil
Spanish castano del brasil
Spanish castaño del brasil
Spanish nueces de brasil
Spanish nuez de brasil
Spanish nuez del brasil
Arabic شجرة الجوز البرازيلي
Arabic جوز برازيلي
Bulgarian бразилски орех
Catalan nous del brasil
Catalan nou del brasil
Czech brazilský ořech
Czech juviový ořech
Czech para ořech
Czech paraořech
Czech juvie ztepilá
Danish paranødder
Danish paranød
German amazonaskastanie
German amazonasmandel
German amazonenmandel
German brasilianische kastanie
German brasilianische nuss
German brasilkastanie
German brasilnuss
German castanha-do-brasil
German castanha-do-pará
German juvianuss
German marahonkastanie
German papanuss
German paranuss
German paranuß
German rahmnuss
German tucannuss
German yuvianuss
German paranussbaum
Esperanto bertoletio
Estonian kõrge parapähklipuu
Estonian parapähklipuu
Persian فندقی برزیلی
Finnish parapähkinä
Finnish parapähkinäpuu
French noix du brésil
French châtaignier du brésil
French noix brésilienne
French noix d'amazonie
French noix du bresil
French noyer du brésil
Irish cnó brasaíleach
Galician castiñeiro de pará
gn tururi
Hebrew ברזיל
Hebrew אגוז ברזיל
Hebrew אגוז ברזילאי
Upper Sorbian wulki paraworjechowc
Hungarian paradió
Indonesian kacang brasil
Italian noce del brasile
Japanese ブラジルナッツ
Korean 브라질넛
ku panoz
ku paranos
ku paranoz
ku panos
Lithuanian bertoletija
Lithuanian kastanija
Lithuanian brazilinė bertoletija
Latvian brazīlijas rieksts (augs)
Latvian brazīlijas riekstu koks
Latvian augstā bertolēcija
Macedonian бразилски орев
Malayalam ബ്രസീൽ നട്ട്
Malay kacang brazil
Norwegian Bokmål brasilnøtt
Norwegian Bokmål paranøtter
Norwegian Bokmål paranøtt
Dutch amazonianoot
Dutch brazielnoot
Dutch paranoot
Polish bertolecja
Polish orzesznica brazylijska
Polish orzesznica wyniosła
Portuguese castanha do pará
Portuguese castanha-do-brasil
Portuguese castanha-do-pará
Portuguese castanheira-do-pará
Quechua kastaña
Russian Бертолетия
Russian Бразильские орехи
Russian Американские орехи
Russian Бертолетия высокая
Russian Бертолеция
Russian Кастанейро
Russian бразильский орех
Slovenian brazilski oreh
Slovenian brazilski orešček
Slovenian bertolecija
Swedish paranötssläktet
Swedish paranötter
Swedish paranöt
Tamil பிரேசில் கொட்டை
Thai บราซิลนัต
Turkish brezilya fındığı
Ukrainian Бразильський горіх
Vietnamese bertholletia
xmf ბრაზილიური თხირი
Chinese 巴西栗
Chinese 鲍鱼果
Chinese 巴西坚果
Chinese 巴西果
Chinese 巴西栗屬

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil West-central
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000775013
UNII Z945IQ8X82
USDA Plants BEEX2
Tropicos 17900013
INPN 629163
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:591270-1
The Plant List kew-313577
Open Tree Of Life 429489
Observations.org 520750
NCBI Taxonomy 3645
IUCN Red List 32986
IPNI 591270-1
iNaturalist 145603
GBIF 3083180
Freebase /m/01qrvs
EPPO BTHEX
EOL 321258
Elurikkus 364759
USDA GRIN 7022
Wikipedia Brazil_nut

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Thermographic Profiles in Livestock Systems under Full Sun and Shaded Pastures during an Extreme Climate Event in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil: El Niño of 2023 da Silva WC, da Silva JA, Martorano LG, da Silva ÉB, Sousa CE, Neves KA, de Araújo CV, Joaquim LA, Rodrigues TC, Belo TS, Camargo-Júnior RN, Lourenço-Júnior JD Animals (Basel) 11-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10967433
doi:10.3390/ani14060855
PMID:38539954
Conservation Mitonuclear Replacement: Facilitated mitochondrial adaptation for a changing world Iverson EN Evol Appl 10-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10925831
doi:10.1111/eva.13642
PMID:38468713
Performance Evaluation of a Commercial Real-Time PCR Method for the Detection of Lupin Traces in Food Tramuta C, Decastelli L, Ingravalle F, Barcucci E, Fragassi S, Bianchi DM Foods 17-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10888417
doi:10.3390/foods13040609
PMID:38397586
The Sensitization Profile for Selected Food Allergens in Polish Children Assessed with the Use of a Precision Allergy Molecular Diagnostic Technique Izabela KM, Emilia M, Weronika G, Danuta K, Jakub S, Beata BJ, Ryszard K, Bożena C Int J Mol Sci 09-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10815771
doi:10.3390/ijms25020825
PMID:38255900
Species Diversity of Penicillium in Southwest China with Discovery of Forty-Three New Species Wang XC, Zhang ZK, Zhuang WY J Fungi (Basel) 28-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10744262
doi:10.3390/jof9121150
PMID:38132751
Genetic and molecular understanding for the development of methionine-rich maize: a holistic approach Devi V, Bhushan B, Gupta M, Sethi M, Kaur C, Singh A, Singh V, Kumar R, Rakshit S, Chaudhary DP Front Plant Sci 19-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10546030
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1249230
PMID:37794928
Processes for regulating genetically modified and gene edited plants Caradus JR GM Crops Food 10-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10761188
doi:10.1080/21645698.2023.2252947
PMID:37690075
Characterization of Thermal Patterns Using Infrared Thermography and Thermolytic Responses of Cattle Reared in Three Different Systems during the Transition Period in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil da Silva WC, da Silva JA, da Silva ÉB, Barbosa AV, Sousa CE, de Carvalho KC, dos Santos MR, Neves KA, Martorano LG, Camargo Júnior RN, Lourenço-Júnior JD Animals (Basel) 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10487038
doi:10.3390/ani13172735
PMID:37685000
Ubiquitous Occurrence of Nano Selenium in Food Plants Verstegen J, Günther K Foods 25-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10487048
doi:10.3390/foods12173203
PMID:37685136
Epigenetic manipulation for secondary metabolite activation in endophytic fungi: current progress and future directions Verma A, Tiwari H, Singh S, Gupta P, Rai N, Kumar Singh S, Singh BP, Rao S, Gautam V Mycology 08-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10769123
doi:10.1080/21501203.2023.2241486
PMID:38187885
Towards further understanding the applications of endophytes: enriched source of bioactive compounds and bio factories for nanoparticles Choudhary N, Dhingra N, Gacem A, Yadav VK, Verma RK, Choudhary M, Bhardwaj U, Chundawat RS, Alqahtani MS, Gaur RK, Eltayeb LB, Al Abdulmonem W, Jeon BH Front Plant Sci 10-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10364642
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1193573
PMID:37492778
Potential of agro-industrial residues from the Amazon region to produce activated carbon Nobre JR, Queiroz LS, Castro JP, Pego MF, Hugen LN, Costa CE, Pardauil JD, Nascimento LA, Rocha Filho GN, Zamian JR, Souza EC, Bianchi ML Heliyon 06-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10362268
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17189
PMID:37483770
Hunting practices in southwestern Amazonia: a comparative study of techniques, modalities, and baits among urban and rural hunters Oliveira MA, Braga-Pereira F, El Bizri HR, Morcatty TQ, Doria CR, Messias MR J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10318826
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00599-z
PMID:37400859
Complete Genome Sequence of Pantoea stewartii RON18713 from Brazil Nut Tree Phyllosphere Reveals Genes Involved in Plant Growth Promotion Rocha RT, de Almeida FM, Pappas MC, Pappas GJ Jr, Martins K Microorganisms 30-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10383142
doi:10.3390/microorganisms11071729
PMID:37512901
Food Allergens of Plant Origin Zhang Y, Che H, Li C, Jin T Foods 01-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10252803
doi:10.3390/foods12112232
PMID:37297475

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
9-Hydroxy-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a-carboxylic acid 2371 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C(=O)O 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2004.09.008
Betulinic Acid 64971 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C(=O)O 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2004.09.008

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