This South-American version of "nut community" has the name Bertholletia high (Bertholletia excelsa) and belongs to the family Lecythidaceae. The ideal climatic conditions for cultivation of these trees are created by a nature in woods of Guyana and Brazil. Therefore there is no need in their special cultivation.

In the large fruits of bertholletia (their weight can reach 2kg), which have fleshy external and ligneous internal coat, there 15-25 large three-edged seeds, which received the name Brazilian, or American, nut and on taste reminds cedar nut. Shaded by salt or sugar, the Brazilian nut is used both as appetizer, and as a dessert, and its oil has also technical usage: it is used as a greasing for watches; it helps as well in grinding of art paints. As an auxiliary substance the Brazilian nuts are used in case of high content of cholesterol, for diabetes, nervous frustration, and vascular dystonia, in case of decreased immunity, quinsy and diseases of the support-impellent device.

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