Tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis) fruit. Opened fruit of the tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis), showing the seeds inside. These seeds are so

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Tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis) fruit. Opened fruit of the tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis), showing the seeds inside. These seeds are so hard when mature that they are the main source of Ecuadorean vegetable ivory, or tagua, a botanical alternative to ivory. Photographed in the Jama Coaque Reserve, Manabi Province, Western Ecuador.

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