Bertholletia · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyLecythidaceae
Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Collections
- IND, JBP, JBRJ, US, MO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Jamaica, Brasil, Peru, Bolivia, VéNéZuela, Brazil, BolíVia
Research
294 papers- Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) in health and disease: A narrative review.Food chemistry · 2025
- The effect of Bertholletia excelsa on body weight, cholestrol, and c-reactive protein: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2021
- Effects of Regular Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.) Consumption on Health: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.) and Brazil nut oil: effects on oxidative stress and potential therapeutic health benefits from human, animal, and cell culture models.Nutrition reviews · 2025
- Bertholletia excelsa Seeds Reduce Anxiety-Like Behavior, Lipids, and Overweight in Mice.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lecythidoideae
- Named after
- Claude Louis Berthollet
- Image
- Castanheira 1.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Bertholletia excelsa
- Commons category
- Bertholletia excelsa
- taxon name
- Bertholletia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 巴西果属
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