Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Picture
Chapter:
3-644.16.__
Caryocar brasiliense
Portuguese: Pequi.
English: Souari nut.
Use: fruit edible popular.
Region: Brazil, central-west region.
Botany: tree, 10 m tall; leaves large, tough, hairy, palmate, with three leaflets; flowers hermaphroditic and bear many stamens, yellowish-white; flowering in the dry winter months, July to September.