brazil nuts | Chocolate bars with brazil nuts | ID: 82 | ||
The Brazil Nut is a South American tree (Bertholletia excelsa) in the family Lecythidaceae. The fruit of the tree is a large capsule resembling a coconut. It has a hard, woody shell containing 8 to 24 triangular seeds 4 to 5 cm long (Brazil nuts) packed like the segments of an orange; it is not a true nut in the botanical sense. |