Arecaceae
Ivory palm
Phytelephas aequatorialis
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Phytelephas
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 厄瓜多尔象牙椰
- Czech
- Slonovník tagua
- English
- Ivory palm, Tagua Nut palm, Tagua palm
- Guarani
- Jarina
- Portuguese
- Jarina, Marfim vegetal
Synonyms
- Palandra aequatorialis (Spruce) O.F.Cook
Flowers
- In flower
- January, September (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ignacio Moreira-Corral, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Francisco Sánchez Karste, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Ignacio Moreira-Corral, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: The lifted lorax, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photography, Scan and postprocessing by Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sandy-espinozaf, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ignacio Moreira-Corral, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sandy-espinozaf, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.