Monkey pot is a large, deciduous tree of dome shaped which has compressed leafy crown. It grows up to a height of about 50 meters in height. The trunk has fissured and greyish bark. The leaves are pink which turns mid-green with the dark speckles later. On the end of the twigs, the flowers form in racemes in September and October. The flowers have six purple petals which mostly attracts bees. The fruits are oblong or globose, cinnamon colored, woody; 6-15 cm (2.4-5.9 inch) long and 8.5-30 cm (3.3-11.8 inch) wide. Seeds are brown or red, elliptical and 5 cm (2.0 inch) long which takes from 11 to 12 months to get ripen.
| Name | Monkey pot |
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| Scientific Name | Lecythis pisonis |
| Native | Native to Amazonia and Brazil |
| Common/English Name | Cream Nut, Paradise Nut, Monkey Pot, Sapucaia Nut |
| Name in Other Languages | Brazil: Castanha-De-Sapucaia, French: Marmite De Singe, Spanish: Olla De Mono, Esperanto: Sapukajo, Vietnamese: Lecythis ollaria |
| Plant Growth Habit | Large, deciduous |
| Plant Size | Height: 40-50 cm |
| Bark | Fissured, greyish to dark brown |
| Leaf | Pinkish to red, cream, pale green |
| Lamina | Simple, ovate-elliptic, petiole 5 to 12 mm |
| Flowering Season | September and October |
| Flower | Six petals, obovate, rose to purple petals, Across: 3-7 cm |
| Fruit shape & size | Woody, globose, oblong or turbinate, dehiscent capsule, Length: 6-15 cm (2.4 to 5.9 inches); Width: 8.5-30 cm (3.3-11.8 inches) |
| Seed | 10-30 per fruit, red or brown, elliptical; Length: 5 cm (2.0 inches) |
| Major Nutritions | Tryptophan 32.5 mg (7386.36%) Copper, Cu 32.76 ug (3640.00%) Manganese, Mn 80.69 ug (3508.26%) Leucine 113.8 mg (3079.00%) Valine 62 mg (2935.61%) Lysine 82.1 mg (2455.14%) Threonine 34.4 mg (1954.55%) Isoleucine 29.5 mg (1764.35%) Histidine 19.3 mg (1566.56%) Iron, Fe 32.65 ug (408.13%) |
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| Calories in 100 gm | 645.05 Kcal. |