Other Common Names: Anacag_ita (Puerto Rico), Bellota, Chiapas (Mexico), Sunsun (Venezuela), Camajuru (Colombia).
Distribution: Southern Mexico and Central America to Peru and Brazil.
Widely planted elsewhere in the tropics as a shade tree, for the edible seeds, and as a honey plant.
The tree reaches a height of 130 ft and a trunk diameter of 80 in.; develops prominent, narrow buttresses.

Photographed in the Parque Natural Metropolitano.

Information: USDA Forest Service