Guest guest Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Alobar, I always avoid mentioning Wikipedia because of your usual response. However, in a previous message (#38261) I presented evidence from websites other than wikipedia that Brazil nut trees grow in the western Amazonian rain forest in an area that covers portions of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru - and that all Brazil nuts are natural as efforts to cultivate Brazil nuts in plantations have never been successful. So far you have provided no research to the contrary. Dee > > > from wikipedia: > > > > Brazil nut trees produce fruit almost exclusively in pristine forests, as > > disturbed forests lack the large-body bees of the genera Bombus, Centris, > > Epicharis, Eulaema, and Xylocopa which are the only ones capable of > > pollinating the tree's flowers.[2][3] Brazil nuts have been harvested from > > plantations but production is low and it is currently not economically > > viable.[4][5][6] > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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