Brazil Nut family
LECYTHIDACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Barringtonia asiatica Fish Killer Tree Townsville, October 2008 Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Barringtonia calyptrata Cassowary Pine 2001 Australia Post

Bertholletia excelsa Brazil Nuts Sydney, August 2006

Couroupita guianensis Cannonball Tree Cairns, September 2008 Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Planchonia careya Cocky Apple Magnetic Island, December 2007 Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson Species in LECYTHIDACEAE are the favoured foodplant of some caterpillars of Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Hypochrysops elgneri

Chaetocneme denitza

Euproctis lutea

Gnathmocerodes euplectra

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 7 February 2012)