Phytelephas
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"Tagua" redirects here. For the animal, see Chacoan peccary.
Phytelephas is a genus containing six known species of dioecious[3] palms (family Arecaceae), occurring from southern Panama along the Andes to Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, northwestern Brazil, and Peru.[2][4] They are commonly known as ivory palms, ivory-nut palms or tagua palms (/ˈtɑːɡwə, ˈtæɡ-/); the scientific name Phytelephas means "plant ivory" or more literally, "plant elephant". This and the first two of the common names refer to the very hard white endosperm of their seeds (tagua nuts or jarina seeds), which resembles elephant ivory.[5][6]
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Phytelephas | |
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Fruiting tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Ceroxyloideae |
Tribe: | Phytelepheae |
Genus: | Phytelephas Ruiz & Pav. |
Species[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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