Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl. [Lecythidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brazil nut	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
braziliaansche noot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brazilnut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brazilnut-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
castanha	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
castanha do para	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
castanha do pará	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
castanha-do-brasil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
castanha-do-pará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
castanha–do–brasil	Other	Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016)
castanha–do–pará	Other	Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016)
castanheira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
castaña	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
castaña de brasil	Other	Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)
castaña del brasil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
castaño de pará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
creamnut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
noyer de para	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
noyer du brésil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nuez del brasil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paranut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paranußbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paranöt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tapa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, seed, operculum, woody capsule (pyxidium)		Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Barthollesia excelsa Silva Manso Enum. Subst. Braz.: 45 (1836), orth. var.
Bertholletia nobilis Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 197 (1874).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bertholletia excelsa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016) Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Bertholletia excelsa Humboldt et Bonpland	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bertholletia exelsa Humb. & Bonpl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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