Leptocaul tree of Bertholletia excelsa.

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Keywords: 
Bertholletia excelsa (Image keywords), habit (Image keywords), Brazil nut (Image keywords) (Image keywords)
Description: 

A small stand of Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) photographed in Amazonian Brazil. This species is many-branched and is an example of a typical leptocaul species of neotropical Lecythidaceae.

Creator: 
Carol A. Gracie
Taxonomic name: 
Bertholletia excelsa (Lecythidaceae)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith