Bertholletia excelsa
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Bertholletia excelsa
Humb. et Bonpl.
| Ordre | Ericales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Lecythidaceae |
| Genre | Bertholletia |
2n = 34
Origine : Amazonie
sauvage ou cultivé
| Français | noyer du Brésil |
|---|---|
| Anglais | Brazil nut |
Résumé des usages
- graines comestibles
- graines : huile alimentaire
- bois d'œuvre excellent
- médicinal
Sommaire
Description
Noms populaires
| français | noyer du Brésil, noyer de Para |
| anglais | Brazil nut, Para nut |
| allemand | Paranuss |
| néerlandais | Paranoot |
| italien | castagna del Brasile |
| espagnol | nuez de Brasil ; castaño (Pérou), jubia, yuvia (Venezuela) |
| portugais | castanheiro do Pará, tocari, juvia |
Classification
Bertholletia excelsa Humb. et Bonpl. (1807)
Cultivars
Histoire
Humboldt
Usages
Widely cultivated here and outside its natural range, e.g. in Cuba, Sri Lanka and SW Asia, mostly in plantations. The seeds are used locally as food, and as source for cooking oil. They are most valued as nuts which are exported to North America and Europe. The wood is excellent, is cut and polished in many ways. Still most of the nuts are however harvested from wild trees.
Mansfeld.
Références
- Chauvet, Michel, 2018. Encyclopédie des plantes alimentaires. Paris, Belin. 880 p. (p. 371)
- Shepard G.H. Jr. & H. Ramirez. 2011. "Made in Brazil": Human dispersal of the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) in ancient Amazonia. Economic Botany 65(1): 44-65. en ligne sur Researchgate, doi:10.1007/s12231-011-9151-6.
