Caryocaraceae

Pequi

Caryocar brasiliense Cambess.

Family: Caryocaraceae
Genus: Caryocar

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Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense) — FlowerPhoto: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (19)

Arabic: كاريوكار برازيلي
arz: كاريوكار برازيلى
bpy: পেকুই
Chinese: 巴西油桃木果
English: Pequi
Esperanto: Kariokaro, Kariokarujo
French: Péqui
Japanese: ペキフルーツ
koi: Пекуи
kv: Пекуи
lbe: Пекуи
mrj: Пекуи
mzn: پکوی
Persian: پیکویی
Portuguese: Pequi, Pequi, o fruto do cerrado, Pequí, Piquiá
Russian: Пекуи
Spanish: Aceite de pequi, Pequi
udm: Пекуи
Ukrainian: Пекі

Flowers

In flower: July to October (from 83 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jackson Góes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Paul Prior, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Conrado assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: João Arthur Rabello, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mateus Hidalgo, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean Martins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: NINA WENÓLI, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Luizdesouza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Libris Simas Ferraz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.