Acioa edulis

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'''''Acioa edulis''''', [[syn.]] '''''Couepia edulis''''' (Prance) Prance, is a fruit and timber tree in the family [[Chrysobalanaceae]], which is native to the [[Amazon Rainforest]] in [[Brazil]]. The tree's Portuguese [[common name]] is '''Castanha-de-cutia'''. The tree grows naturally only within a small area of [[Brazil]]; however, they proliferate widely within this area. The tree is around {{cvt|25|m}} tall, with entire leaves that are oval or round, measuring {cvt|8|–|10|cm}} diameter, with a petiole up to {{cvt|2.5|cm}} long. Its fruit ranges from {{cvt|8|-|9|cm}} long and {{cvt|4|-|5|cm}} diameter.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Spitzer|first=V.|last2=Marx|first2=F.|last3=Maia|first3=J. G. S.|last4=Pfeilsticker|first4=K.|date=March 1991|title=Identification of conjugated fatty acids in the seed oil of Acioa edulis (Prance) syn. Couepia edulis (Chrysobalanaceae)|journal=Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society|language=en|volume=68|issue=3|pages=183–189|doi=10.1007/bf02657766|issn=0003-021X}}</ref> and contain a single nut. Later these nuts float on the waters and have been collected for centuries as the source of a valuable oil, but their source was unknown until 1978 when botanical explorer [[Ghillean Prance]] discovered the species of tree which produces them.<ref>{{ cite book | last1= Prance | first1= Ghillean | last2= Lovejoy | first2= Thomas E. | date= 1985 | title= Key Environments - Amazonia | location= Oxford, England | publisher= Pergamon Press | pages= 128 & 130}}</ref>

'''''Acioa edulis''''', [[syn.]] '''''Couepia edulis''''' (Prance) Prance, is a fruit and timber tree in the family [[Chrysobalanaceae]], which is native to the [[Amazon Rainforest]] in [[Brazil]]. The tree's Portuguese [[common name]] is '''Castanha-de-cutia'''. The tree grows naturally only within a small area of [[Brazil]]; however, they proliferate widely within this area. The tree is around {{cvt|25|m}} tall, with entire leaves that are oval or round, measuring {{cvt|8|–|10|cm}} diameter, with a petiole up to {{cvt|2.5|cm}} long. Its fruit ranges from {{cvt|8|-|9|cm}} long and {{cvt|4|-|5|cm}} diameter.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Spitzer|first=V.|last2=Marx|first2=F.|last3=Maia|first3=J. G. S.|last4=Pfeilsticker|first4=K.|date=March 1991|title=Identification of conjugated fatty acids in the seed oil of Acioa edulis (Prance) syn. Couepia edulis (Chrysobalanaceae)|journal=Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society|language=en|volume=68|issue=3|pages=183–189|doi=10.1007/bf02657766|issn=0003-021X}}</ref> and contain a single nut. Later these nuts float on the waters and have been collected for centuries as the source of a valuable oil, but their source was unknown until 1978 when botanical explorer [[Ghillean Prance]] discovered the species of tree which produces them.<ref>{{ cite book | last1= Prance | first1= Ghillean | last2= Lovejoy | first2= Thomas E. | date= 1985 | title= Key Environments - Amazonia | location= Oxford, England | publisher= Pergamon Press | pages= 128 & 130}}</ref>

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