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	Nut of the Month Club - April is Brazil Nut Month
		The tough-shelled, triangular Brazil nut is the seed of a tropical evergreen tree, Bertholletia excelsa, family Lecythidaceae, that grows in large forests in the Amazon River basin of South America.
		Belem, a port in the Brazilian state of Para, is a center for Brazil nut export, and the nuts are often called Para nuts.
		Brazil nut kernels are sweet tasting and an excellent source of protein.
	www.nutofthemonthclub.com /brazilnut.shtml? (0 words)

	The Brazil Nut
		Brazil nuts are cultivated in tropical botanical gardens far outside its native range, and minor plantations have been established in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia (Müller, 1981) and Ghana in Africa (D.K. Abbiw, pers.
		The flowers of the Brazil nut are zygomorphic, with an androecium that is prolonged on one side into a hood that arches over and is tightly appressed to the summit of the ovary.
		Brazil nuts are harvested almost entirely from wild trees during a five to six month period in the rainy season.
	www.nybg.org /bsci/braznut (3303 words)

	Brazil Nut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brazil nuts only produce fruit in virgin forests, as forests that are not virgin usually lack an orchid that is indirectly responsible for the pollination of the flowers.
		Brazil nuts mixed with peanuts) tend to rise to the top, is named after the species' large nuts.
		The Brazil nut, in addition, is known as one of the world's most radioactive foods, due to the tree's accumulation of radium from the soil into the nut.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazil_Nut (1007 words)

	Brazil nut effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term was based on the observation that, when a container of mixed nuts is opened after it has been shaken, the brazil nuts tend to be on top.
		In other words: The center of mass of the whole system (containing the mixed nuts) in an arbitrary state is not optimal (because of the space close to the brazil nuts), it has the tendency to be lower due to gravity.
		Several factors determine the severity of the Brazil nut effect, including the sizes and densities of the particles, the pressure of any gas between the particles, and the shape of a container.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazil_nut_effect (424 words)

	* Brazil nut - (Gastronomy): Definition
		razil Nuts are the seeds from trees grown in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon in South America.
		Brazil nut = para nut = cream nut Equivalents: 2 pounds unshelled = 1 pound shelled Notes: These nuts come from the Amazonian rainforest, and they're rich in protein, omega-3 fatty acid, and calcium.
		Thus the peanut pod is actually a legume, the Brazil nut is a seed enclosed with others in a capsule, and the almond is part of a drupe, a type of fruit that includes olives and peaches.
	en.mimi.hu /gastronomy/brazil_nut.html (209 words)

	Shelled Brazil Nuts & Brazil Nut Butter
		Brazil nuts are the edible seeds of a giant South American tree (Bertholletia excelsa) that grows wild in the Amazon River basin.
		Brazil Nut Butter can be used as a substitute for peanut butter in sandwiches and spreads and in various desserts especially brownies.
		Brazil Nut Butter is particularly known for its relatively high content of selenium, an important antioxidant in the fight against heart disease and certain types of cancer.
	www.futtersnutbutters.com /brazilnut.html (545 words)

	Database entry for Brazil Nut - Bertholletia excelsa - Brazil Nut - Bertholletia excelsa - Brazil Nut - Bertholletia ...
		The Brazil nut tree is enormous, frequently attaining the height of 40 to 50 m or more, and it can reach ages of 500-800 years old.
		The Brazil nut is a three-sided nut with white meat or flesh that consists of 70% fat and 17% protein.
		Brazil nuts and its oil are mainly used as a food in the United States.
	www.rain-tree.com /brazilnu.htm (1292 words)

	Selected species and strategies to enhance income generation from Amazonian forests
		The sapucaia is a large tree, although smaller in stature than the Brazil nut, and native to the terra firma (dry uplands) and varzeas (white water floodplain terraces) of Amazônia and the southeastern transition zones to cerrado.
		Brazil nuts are large trees, frequently canopy emergents attaining 50 m in height, with straight cylindrical unbranched trunks attaining 1-2.5 m in diameter at breast height, clothed in a rough gray-brown bark with conspicuous longitudinal fissures.
		Brazil nut is considered to be amongst the finest timbers of Amazônia as it has a straight grain, is easy to work, takes a finish readily, has a pleasing appearance and is very durable (Loureiro et al.
	www.fao.org /docrep/v0784e/v0784e0k.htm (3555 words)

	Brazil Nut
		They then eat some of the nuts inside, but bury others for later use; some of these are able to germinate to produce new Brazil Nut trees.
		The high fat content of the nuts results in their not keeping well, and particularly shelled brazil nuts soon become rancid.
		The nuts are also pressed for oil; as well as for food use, brazil nut oil is also used as a lubricant in clocks and for making
	www.edinformatics.com /culinaryarts/food_encyclopedia/brazil_nut.htm (405 words)

	Amazon Conservation Association - Brazil Nut Program
		Our goal with the Brazil nut project is to develop a management system that is scientifically based, ecologically, economically and socially viable and to promote the institutional and governmental policies needed to support this management.
		Brazil nuts, which are opened up by harvesters within the primary forest, represent more than half the yearly income for thousands of families in the region, and so far have politically justified the protection of these natural areas.
		Although Brazil nuts represent a cost-effective, economically viable option for protecting tropical forests, their social, economic and ecological importance is poorly appreciated in centers of government.
	www.amazonconservation.org /home/brazilnuts.html (1068 words)

	Where are the young Brazil nut trees?
		If the Brazil nut industry in many Amazonian forests continues "business as usual," there will not be enough younger trees to replace the old trees as they die, according to a new study.
		Brazil nut trees can grow about 160 feet tall (about 50 meters) and their trunks are some of the fattest in the forest.
		Brazil nut trees (above) can grow about 160 feet tall (about 50 meters) and their trunks are some of the fattest in the forest.
	www.eurekalert.org /features/kids/2003-12/aaft-wat020805.php (343 words)

	all about Brazil nut on The Worldwide Gourmet
		Brazil nuts are actually large seeds shaped like triangular orange segments.
		Falling Brazil nut tree pods can be dangerous, and Indians who gather the pods make sure to do so in clement weather.
		Brazil nuts can be eaten raw, roasted, salted, and in various dessert items such as ice cream, confectionery, and baked goods.
	www.theworldwidegourmet.com /nuts/brazil.htm (202 words)

	Brazil Nut Salad
		A zingy salad contrasting the nuttiness of spinach and brazils with the bite of fresh chilli and kiwifruit.
		This unique salad combines the exquisite flavour of Equal Exchange fairtrade, organic, Amazon Flame brazil nut oil and brazil nuts with fresh chilli, spinach and kiwifruit to create a dish of extraordinary zest.
		Take some of our organic brazil nuts, chop them in half and fry them for a couple of minutes in olive oil.
	www.equalexchange.co.uk /article.asp?id=35 (109 words)

	Brazil nut - Benefits and Uses of Brazil nut
		Brazil nuts are high in fat and contain protein, Iron and thiamine.
		Oil extracted from the nuts is employed as cooking oil, in high-precision machinery lubrication, and livestock feed.
		Brazil nut oil is used to make hair-conditioning products, soaps, and skin creams.
	www.online-family-doctor.com /fruits/brazil-nut.html (275 words)

	Database entry for Brazil Nut - Bertholletia excelsa great medicinal properties
		Brazil Nuts are a three sided nut with white meat or flesh that consists of 70 percent fat or oil and 17 percent protein.
		Brazil Nut Oil is a clear yellowish oil which has a pleasant and sweet smell and taste.
		The proteins found in Brazil nuts are very high in sulphur-containing amino acids like cysteine (8%) and methionine (18%) and are also extremely rich in glutamine, glutamic acid, and arginine.
	www.raintree-health.co.uk /plants/brazilnut.html (982 words)

	Brazil nut
		The brazil nut is the large edible seed of South America n tree Bertholletia excelsa.
		It is one of a handful of commercially important nuts.
		Brazil nuts were at one time also referred to as " nigger toes".
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Brazil_nut.html (98 words)

	Brazil Nuts
		Brazil nut collection was done in the rainy season from December to March, while rubber was collected from May to November.
		Brazil nut trees grow in the western Amazonian rain forest, in an area that covers portions of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
		Brazil nuts are harvested from December to March.
	www.bedemco.com /nuts/brazilnuts.htm (599 words)

	Economic Botany Leaflets
		The Brazil Nut is the fruit of a tree that grows mostly wild in rainforests.
		Brazil nuts are harvested at plantations and in the wild.
		Fazenda's original intent was to plant Brazil Nut trees in a 20 by 20 meter grids and allow cattle grazing between the trees.
	www.siu.edu /~ebl/leaflets/brazil.htm (1294 words)

	Benefits of Brazil Nuts - Nutrition Information
		The nut is grown in the Amazon rain forests of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
		The Brazil nut tree is enormous, reaching a height of 100 to 150 feet or more.
		Brazil nuts taste rich and creamy, and their meat is similar in texture to coconut.
	www.nutnutrition.com /allaboutnuts/brazil.htm (226 words)

	Diamond Foods, Inc. - About Brazil Nuts
		Bra·zil nut (First recorded English use 1830) The roughly triangular, oily, edible nut packed in the large globular capsules of the tall South American tree of the same name.
		Everything about these nuts is big: from the tree on which it grows in the world’s largest rainforest, to the huge fruit in which this large nut appears.
		Brazil nuts are the second largest export of the Amazon jungle, after rubber.
	www.diamondnuts.com /nuts_brazil.htm (450 words)

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		Brazil nuts are contained in a round pod not unlike a cannonball in size and weight: about 15cm in diameter and 2kgs.
		The Brazil Nut tree itself is among the largest trees in the Amazon region with a diameter of 3-4m and a height of 45m and above.
		The Brazil Nut Industry--Past, present and future Scott A. Mori's article at the New York Botanical Garden: lots of photos and facts on Brazil Nuts, their pollinators and dispersers and possibility for commercial plantations.
	www.szgdocent.org /resource/ff/f-bnut.htm (1133 words)

	Brazil Nuts
		Brazil nuts can be used in everything from desserts to salads to stuffing.
		While Brazil nuts can only be harvested by hand, in good weather, usually during the month of January, the shelled and unshelled nuts are generally available year-round.
		Pumpkin seeds, pecans, and Brazil nuts are all high in zinc.
	www.pccnaturalmarkets.com /health/Food_Guide/Brazil_Nuts.htm (467 words)

	Brazil Nut
		For centuries the Brazil nut has remained a dietary staple and a trade commodity of the indigenous tribes of the Amazon rain forests.
		Brazil nut oil is used to make hair-conditioning products, soaps, and skin creams; it has both detergent and moisturizing properties.
		Brazil nuts are rich in protein and vitamin E, an important antioxidant, and in monounsaturated fats, which can counteract some forms of heart disease.
	www.herbs2000.com /herbs/herbs_brazil_nut.htm (347 words)

	Brazil Nut Farmers Crack Forest Conservation in the Tropical Andes
		One hundred and thirty pioneering Brazil nut producers in the Amazonian region of Madre de Dios, Peru recently won formal Brazil nut concessions from the Peruvian National Institute for Natural Resources (INRENA).
		Under these contracts, Brazil nuts are harvested from mapped areas, according to management plans that incorporate the highest standards of sustainable forest management.
		Brazil nuts are harvested from natural stands, not plantations, because the trees depend intimately on a complex web of pollinators, seed dispersers, and abiotic conditions.
	www.cepf.net /xp/cepf/news/newsletter/2005/september_topstory.xml (431 words)

	Nutwork - The Brazil Nut
		All attempts at cultivation have failed, and so the nuts are collected from wild areas of the Amazon rainforest.
		Brazil nut kernels are used as snacks and for baking and candy purposes.
		Six Brazil nuts have as much nutrition as a small steak.
	www.nutwork.de /englisch/produkt_paranuss.htm (110 words)

	Amazon Plants trees - brazil nut photo
		Many people are familiar with Brazil nuts, which come from a large rainforest tree (Bertholletia excelsa).
		The nuts, locally called "Castana," are cultivated throughout lowland Amazonia and are an important source of income for local people.
		The nuts grow inside a large grapefruit-sized pod, arranged like segments of an orange, about 12 to a pod.
	www.junglephotos.com /amazon/amplants/trees/brazilnut.shtml (82 words)

	NATURE. Deep Jungle: Monsters of the Forest. The Amazing Brazil Nut Tree \| PBS
		They are actually the fruit of the Brazil nut tree, one of the most marvelous and mysterious trees in the rainforest.
		Brazil nut trees are among the giants of South America's Amazon.
		The Brazil nut is also the foundation of a global business worth $50 million a year.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/deepjungle/episode2_brazilnut.html (602 words)

	Brazil nut Details, Meaning Brazil nut Article and Explanation Guide
		The Brazil Nut is a South American tree Bertholletia excelsa in the family Lecythidaceae; it is the only species in the genus Bertholletia.
		The fruit takes 14 months to mature after pollination of the flowers, and is a large capsule 10-15 cm diameter resembling a coconut in size and weighing up to 2 kg.
		It has a hard woody shell 8-12 mm thick, and inside contains 8-24 triangular seeds 4-5 cm long (brazil nuts) packed like the segments of an orange; it is not a true nut in the botanical sense.
	www.e-paranoids.com /b/br/brazil_nut.html (490 words)

	IFR Information Sheet - brazil nut allergy
		There are lots of proteins in Brazil nuts, so the first step when the IFR scientists began the project was to purify 2S away from all the others.
		Such a kit would be developed to detect the Brazil nut protein in food samples, perhaps linking it to a "dip stick" which would change colour if the protein was present.
		At present the 2S antibody can detect the Brazil nut protein at levels of 1 part per million, so could potentially be of enormous use to the food industry.
	www.ifr.ac.uk /Public/FoodInfoSheets/EDPbrazil.html (618 words)

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