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Plant search results - Lecythis
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Lecythis pisonis
Monkey Pot, Paradise Nut, Sabucaia NutFamily: Lecythidaceae
Origin: Tropical America
The fruit of the tree is shaped like a pot and small enough for a monkey to use.
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Lecythis zabucajo
Monkey Pot, Sapucaia, Sapukaina, Sapucai Nut, Paradise NutFamily: Lecythidaceae
Origin: South America
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Slow growing tree bearing large fruits up to a foot in diameter, yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers. Very rare and hard to get plant.
Lecithis sp.
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