Dipteryx alata

Dipteryx alata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Dipteryx
Species:	D. alata
Binomial name
Dipteryx alata Vogel
Synonyms
Coumarouna alata (Vogel) Taub. Dipteryx pteropus Mart. Dipteryx pterota Benth.

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.