Research Article

Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) Regeneration in Logging Gaps in the Peruvian Amazon

Table 1

The common name, scientific name, and family for the ten most frequent woody species in the UNAMAD experimental forest and Brazil nut (M. Usca, personal communication), ranked by Importance Value index (IVi) and calculated as the sum of relative density, relative frequency, and basal area. This data was collected in five 20 × 100 m transects, equaling 1 ha.

Common nameScientific nameFamilyIViCount

Tamamuri Brosimum lactescens Moraceae4921
Chimicua Pseudolmedia laevis Moraceae3733
Cumala Virola sp. Myristicaceae3517
Almendrillo Laetia procera Flacuortiaceae3313
Meliosma Meliosma sp. Sabiaceae3316
Huasai Euterpe precatoria Arecaceae2731
Copal Protium amazonicum Burseraceae2528
Cumala colorada Iryanthera juruensis Myristicaceae2325
Shimbillo Inga sp. Fabaceae2017
Moena Ocotea sp. Lauraceae1815
Castaña Bertholletia excelsa Lecythidaceae11