Pachylecythis zabucajo

Pachylecythis zabucajo (fruit)

Pachylecythis zabucajo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Pachylecythis
Species: Pachylecythis zabucajo

Name

Pachylecythis zabucajo (Aubl.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick, Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 167 (2024), as 'zabucaja'.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lecythis zabucajo Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 718–719 (1775) sometimes spelled "zabucaja" see IPNI.
    • Type: Plate 283 in Aublet (1775) [​lectotype designated by Mori & Prance 1990: 289].
• Heterotypic
  • Lecythis crassinoda Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 216 (1874)
  • Lecythis tumefacta Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 216 (1874)
  • Lecythis validissima Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 205 (1874)
  • Lecythis lecomtei Pamp., Agric. Colon. 10: 633 (1916)
  • Lecythis davisii Sandwith, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 213 (1932)
  • Lecythis davisii var. gracilipes Eyma, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 4: 77 (1932)
  • Lecythis hians A.C.Sm., Phytologia 1: 123 (1935)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago [introduced]. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador. Brazil Brazil North (Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Pará). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 718–719, t. 288, 284.
• Vargas, O.M., Larson, D.A., Batista, J., Cornejo, X., Luize, B.G., Medellín-Zabala, D., Ribeiro, M., Smith, N.P., Smith, S.A., Vicentini, A. & Dick, C.W. 2024. Reclassification of the Bertholletia Clade of the Brazil Nut Family (Lecythidaceae) Based on a Phylogenetic Analysis of Plastome and Target Sequence Capture Data. Harvard Papers in Botany 29(1): 159–179. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v29iss1.2024.n18 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela. 859 pp., Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. Reference page. 
• Mori, S.A. & Prance, G.T. 1990. Lecythidaceae, Part 2. The Zygomorphic-Flowered New World Genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis), With a Study of Secondary Xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(2): 1–373. JSTOR . World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page.  [see pages 289–292]
• Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck, S.G. (eds.) 2013. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): 1–1741. ISBN 978-1-930723-71-9 (issue 1), ISBN 978-1-930723-83-2 (issue 2). Online version at Tropicos. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pachylecythis zabucajo in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Pachylecythis zabucajo. Published online. Accessed: 17 November 2025. Reference page.
• Smith, N.P. 2025. Lecythis zabucajo. In: Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 17 November 2025.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Pachylecythis zabucajo. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 November 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pachylecythis zabucajo in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Sapucaia
• español: Nuez del paraíso
• 日本語: サプカヤナット
• polski: Czasznia małpia
• 中文: 大猴胡桃

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