sapucaya

The first, called the sapucaya, yields these curious capsules known as

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The tree does not blossom until its fifteenth year, and then it bears violet-coloured flowers; although there is another species, the "sapucaya," which has yellow ones.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

When falling off the tree -- the sapucaya -- the tops split off, and the nuts are scattered on the ground.

On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

A Carib Indian had gone into the forest to procure touari, -- the inner bark of the sapucaya-nut tree, of the thin papery layers of which the Indians form the envelopes of their cigarettes.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"chickens 'nuts" (_Lecythis sapucaya_), whose capsule has a natural lid, and is called "monkey's drinking-cup."

The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853