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(family Lecythidaceae)
A monotypic genus (B. excelsa, the Brazil-nut) of big, locally common, rain-forest trees of tropical America. The fruit is a hard, spherical, woody capsule opening by a terminal plug and containing numerous very hard, woody seeds with copious, oily endosperm.
Subjects: Plant Sciences and Forestry.
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