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It has a hard, woody shell 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) thick, which contains eight to 24 wedge-shaped seeds 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in) long (the “Brazil nuts”) packed like the segments of an orange. The capsule contains a small hole at one end, which enables large rodents like the agouti to gnaw it open.Click to see full answer. Also asked, where do Brazil nut trees grow?The Brazil nut tree is predominantly found in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. The tree grows best in non-flooding areas of the moist lowland rainforest and is often found within a group of 50 or more similar trees (groupings like this are called “stands”). what are Brazil nuts also called? Brazil nut, (Bertholletia excelsa), also called Pará nut, edible seed of a large South American tree (family Lecythidaceae) found in the Amazonian forests of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. People also ask, how are Brazil nuts grown and harvested? In fact, the first step of Brazil nut harvest is to let the pods drop naturally from the trees. Next, gather all the nuts off the forest floor and break open the very hard outer shell. Inside each pod are 10 to 25 seeds, what we call Brazil nuts, arranged in a sphere like segments of an orange.How are Brazil nuts shelled commercially?Place the nut in the grip of the nutcracker so that the seam of the shell is subjected to the direct force. Use minimum force necessary to split the shell when squeezing, in order to avoid crushing the nut kernel inside. Rotate the nut while squeezing so the shell cracks slowly. Extract the kernel from the shell.

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