Family:
Lecythidaceae A.Rich.
Genus:
Bertholletia Bonpl.

Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Tropical America. It is used as a medicine and for food.

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
castaña, castaño, castaño de Brasil, castaño de paca, castaño del Marañón, matamatá, matamatá blanco, matamatá de altura, nuez de Pará, nuez del Brasil

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 80 - 480 m.; Amazonia, Orinoquia.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
Conservation
Vulnerable

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 80–480 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Meta, Vaupés.
Habit
Tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): VU A1acd+2cd.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Castaño, Nuez del brazil

[UPFC]
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Caroline Is.

Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Sep 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino [457], Mato Grosso K000447641
Jan 1, 1993 Henkel, T.W. [3357], Guyana K000731797
Jan 1, 1985 Mori, S. [17503], Brazil K000731798
Jun 14, 1981 Lowe, J. [4296], Brazil K000731792
Jan 1, 1977 Prance, G.T. [P25385], Brazil K000731788
Jan 1, 1977 Prance, G.T. [P25398], Brazil K000731787
Jan 1, 1977 Prance, G.T. [P25407], Brazil K000731796
Jan 1, 1977 Prance, G.T. [P25323], Brazil K000731799
Jan 1, 1977 Prance, G.T. [P25783], Brazil K000731794
Jan 1, 1977 Prance, G.T. [P25538], Brazil K000731795
Jan 1, 1975 Ramos, J.F. [P20205], Brazil K000731800
Jan 1, 1974 Prance, G.T. [23064], Brazil K000731801
Jan 1, 1972 Prance, G.T. [15416], Brazil K000731793
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4862], Brazil K000731791
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4862], Brazil K000731790
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [6213], Brazil K000731789
Meneces, Elias. [615], Bolivia K000731803
Madriñán, Santiago. [714], Colombia K000731802
Martius [s.n.], Brazil K000600239

First published in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 1: 122 (1808)

Accepted by

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Chayamarit, K. & Balslav, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Thailand 14(4): 511-669. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. (2017). Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
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  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
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  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Neotropikey

    Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    ColPlantA database
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  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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