Brazil nuts, also known as para nuts (after the Pará region of Brazil), grow on some of the tallest trees in the Amazon forest. This feature makes their collectors often climb to the tops of other trees to quickly find the harvest site. Indeed, the towering pecan is not suitable for cultivation, so the entire world harvest of the nut comes exclusively from wild trees. The harvested fruit, which resembles a coconut, is cut open with a machete, after which the seeds, arranged like segments in an orange, are extracted, dried in the sun and hulled with a hand-held machine. Although the harvest is very labor-intensive, it provides employment for entire families in northern Brazil, earning it the nickname Brazilian gold among many natives.