Vegetable ivory. Image showing the stages that an ivory palm fruit (large, top) goes through as it is shaped and polished to become vegetable ivory (w
Vegetable ivory. Image showing the stages that an ivory palm fruit (large, top) goes through as it is shaped and polished to become vegetable ivory (white, lower right). Vegetable ivory is a substitute to the ivory made from elephant tusks. It is made from the hard white endosperm of the seeds of certain palm trees, as seen here. The ivory palm (Phytelephas sp.), also known as the Corozo palm, is grown in South America
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