21+ Brazil Nut Tree Leaves Background. As part of their livelihoods, many of peru's brazil nut concession. The fruit on the left has been opened to reveal the large edible seeds in their shells.

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The brazil nut tree is one of the amazon's longest living trees of an age 1,000 years. The towering brazil nut tree is a microcosm of how the rainforest makes its own rain. The amazon rainforest is a vibrant and important region, offering a unique bounty of foods and natural resources while also facilitating the management of greenhouse gases with its lush trees and vegetation.

The trees tower 200 feet, and their spreading branches and flowers provide habitat and food for numerous forest creatures.

Leaves up to 36cm long, arranged alternately, only growing at tips of branches. The leaves of the tree are also massive, growing to as large as two feet in diameter. If these other species disappear, so will the brazil nut tree. The answers to the following reading exercise will.