Dipteryx alata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Dipteryx
- Species
- Dipteryx alata
- Scientific Name
- Dipteryx alata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dipteryx alata
Dipteryx alata is a large, undomesticated, edible nut-bearing tree from dryish tropical lowlands in central South America belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae, from the Dipterygeae tribe in the Faboideae subfamily. It is a wild species, widespread across the Cerrado savanna in South America. The baru nut seed is a grain legume, growing in popularity in North America as a snack food.
...Dipteryx alata in languages:
- English
- Tonka Bean Tree
- Portuguese
- Baru
- Portuguese
- Cumbaru
- Portuguese
- Cumaru
- Portuguese
- Barujo
- Portuguese
- Coco-feijão
- Portuguese
- Cumarurana
- Portuguese
- Emburena-brava
- Portuguese
- Feijão-coco
- Portuguese
- Pau-cumaru
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