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            Monkey-pot fruit or castanha-sapucaia (Lecythis ollaria ou L. pisonis), family Lecythidaceae:
The monkey-pot fruit or castanha-sapucaia (Lecythis ollaria ou L. pisonis) is a very curious fruit indeed, related to the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa), both in the Lecythidaceae family. These monkey-pots measure 17 by 17cm (6.7 inches), larger than a Brazil nut capsule. Much larger monkey-pots can be found in the Amazon. The monkey-pot is known as a pyxidium fruit, a capsular fruit that dehisces around its circumference so that the upper portion falls off like a cap, allowing the seeds to fall to the ground, different from the Brazil nut whose seeds are protected inside a non-dehiscing woody fruit capsule. Indications are that the seed of this fruit, known as the cream nut or paradise nut, entered into international trade even before the Brazil nut, because these trees range along Brazil's Atlantic forest in addition to the Amazon. In Brazil, this fruit is known by its Tupi-derived name, sapucaia. 
   

Taken in: Brasil / Pará / Belém (show map)

Taken on: April 20, 2012

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-GF2, f/3.9, 1/60 sec, 16mm (=32mm), ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-GF2
Aperture:	f/3.9
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	16mm (35mm equivalent: 32mm)
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.0
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