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Caryocar nuciferum

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malpighiales (formerly Theales)
Family:	Caryocaraceae
Genus:	Caryocar
Species:	C. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Dicotyledons, or "dicots", is a name for a group of Flowering plants whose Seed typically has two embryonic leaves or Cotyledons There The Malpighiales are a large order of Flowering plants included in the group named Eurosids I in the recent APG classification Theales is a Botanical name at the rank of order. The name was used by the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass Dilleniidae, in Caryocaraceae ( Syn Rhizobolaceae DC) is a family of Flowering plants consisting of two genera and about 25 species Caryocar is a Genus of Flowering plants in the South American Family Caryocaraceae. nuciferum

Binomial name

Caryocar nuciferum
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Caryocar nuciferum (Butter nut of Guiana, Pekea-nut, Souari-nut, Souari nut tree, Souari tree, Sawarri-nut; syn. Caryocar tomentosum Willd. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Caryocar tuberculosum (Aubl. ) Baill. , Pekea tuberculosa Aubl. ) is a fruit tree native to northern Brazil, Colombia, Guianas, Peru, and Venezuela)

It is a tree up to 35 m, occurring in humid forests. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Flowers hermaphroditic and in small clusters. The large coconut-sized fruit, weighs about 3kg and is 10-15 cm in diameter, is round or pear-shaped, and greyish-brown in colour. It is covered with rust-coloured lenticels. The outer skin is leathery and about 1 mm thick. Pulp of the mesocarp is oily and sticky, holding 1-4 hard, woody, warty stones, with tasty reniform endocarp, which is eaten raw or roasted, and produces an edible oil. The wood is durable and used for boat-building.

External links

CIRAD-FLHOR/IPGRI Project for Neotropical Fruits: Caryocar nuciferum

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