You are purchasing the exact item described and pictured. As a natural product, irregularities in form and condition may occur, which should not be considered as defects. Therefore, we strongly recommend carefully reviewing the provided images!
Name:
Common name:
Phytelephas macrocarpa → Ivory nut palms
Synonym:
Phytelephas macrocarpa → Elephantusia microcarpa, (Ruiz & Pav. Willd.)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Arecaceae → Phytelephas → macrocarpa → Phytelephas macrocarpa → Ruiz & Pav.
Protection status:
Location:
Size of the dried fruit:
Length: 11,3 cm
Width: 10,8 cm
Height: 9,6 cm
Weight:
This South American palm produces the initially tasty tagua nuts, which become hard like bone substance after drying over a long period of time and are then used as so-called vegetable ivory for carving. The infructescence is made up of many of these segments, but is extremely difficult to prepare as a whole. You will receive the fruit together with the tagua nut shown.
