Arecaceae
Ivory nut palm
Phytelephas macrocarpa
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Phytelephas
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Common names
By language (8)
- Catalan
- Palmera de vori
- Chinese
- 泽曼象牙椰, 肖特象牙椰, 象牙椰
- Czech
- Slonovník velkoplodý
- English
- Ivory nut palm, Ivory palm, Large-fruited ivory palm
- hsb
- Wšědny kamjentny worjech
- Polish
- Słoniak wielkoowocowy, Słoniorośl wielkoowocowa, Słoniówka wielkoowocowa
- Quechua
- Yarina
- Slovenian
- Slonokoščena palma
Synonyms
- Elephantusia macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Willd.
- Elephantusia microcarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Willd.
- Phytelephas brachelus O.F.Cook
- Phytelephas brachinus O.F.Cook
- Phytelephas brevipes O.F.Cook
- Phytelephas cornutus O.F.Cook
- Phytelephas karstenii O.F.Cook
- Phytelephas longiflora O.F.Cook
- Phytelephas macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
- Phytelephas macrocarpa subsp. schottii (H.Wendl.) Barfod
- Phytelephas microcarpa Ruiz & Pav.
- Phytelephas pittieri O.F.Cook
- Phytelephas schottii H.Wendl.
- Phytelephas seemannii O.F.Cook
- Phytelephas seemannii subsp. brevipes (O.F.Cook) Barfod
- Yarina microcarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) O.F.Cook
Photos
Photo: Alfredo Gutierrez Dipaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Otávio Gussoni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KETTY MUCHA PINTA, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Giacomo tripodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.