Lecythis - Search results
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Botanical names: Lecythis minor, Lecythis elliptica
Common name: Monkey Pot
Family: Lecythidaceae
Origin: Tropical America
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Botanical name: Lecythis pisonis
Common names: Monkey Pot, Paradise Nut, Sabucaia Nut
Family: 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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Botanical name: Lecythis zabucajo
Common names: Monkey Pot, Sapucaia, Sapukaina, Sapucai Nut, Paradise Nut
Family: 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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