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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:
Phytelephas macrocarpa
Common name:
ivory nut palms
Synonym:
Elephantusia microcarpa, (Ruiz & Pav. Willd.)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Arecaceae → Phytelephas → macrocarpa → Phytelephas macrocarpa → Ruiz & Pav.
Protection status:
Location:
Ecuador / South America
Size of the dried fruit:
Length: 10,7 cm
Width: 9,8 cm
Height: 7,7 cm
Weight:
181 Gram
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.
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Pictures:
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This item is not subject to any protected status according to:
Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
EU Regulation 750/2013
Habitats Directive EU 2013/17
Birds Directive 2009/147
Amendment of the Federal Species Conservation Ordinance
Federal Nature Conservation Act
HIERARCHY | OBJECT 1 |
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Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Arecales |
Family | Arecaceae |
Subfamily | Ceroxyloideae |
Genus | Phytelephas |
Species | macrocarpa |
Binom | Phytelephas macrocarpa |
Author | Ruiz & Pav. |
Synonym | Elephantusia microcarpa, (Ruiz & Pav. Willd.) |
Research on other websites (External linking):
Species protection
www.wisia.de 🔗 - Taxonomic search on the website "Wissenschaftliches Informationssystem zum Internationalen Artenschutz"
Taxonomy
www.sealifebase.ca 🔗 - Taxonomic search for marine species on the website "SeaLifeBase"
www.marinespecies.org 🔗 - Taxonomic search for marine species on the website "World Register of Marine Species"
www.catalogueoflife.org 🔗 - Taxonomic search for Phytelephas macrocarpa on the website "Catalogue of Life"
www.wikipedia.de 🔗 - Taxonomic search for Phytelephas macrocarpa on the website "Wikipedia"
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.