The jungle road

On the way into the jungle, we stopped to see the Brazil nut tree. 60% of the world's Brazil nut is grown in Brazil, 30% in Bolivia and 10% in Peru. Our guide Jorge told us that the fruit of the Brazil nut grows very high and cannot be plucked before it is ripe. The people wait for it to ripen and then fall. Most of the fruits are exported to Spain and further.
We also saw the Avatar tree (Saiba tree) so called since it looks like the trees in the Avatar movie.
We also saw the Inga fruits or the ice cream fruit, it belongs to the family of the Pakaya fruit and is used as an ingredient in ice cream for flavor.En savoir plus