Dipteryx alata

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Dipteryx alata
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D. alata
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Dipteryx alata
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Roasted baru seeds are a commercially available product. The obvious comparison is to peanuts, being a nut-like legume, but although the flavor is reminiscent of peanuts, the texture is quite different, more of a hard cracking crunch like an almond.