Arecaceae

Phytelephas tenuicaulis (Barfod) A.J.Hend.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Phytelephas

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Phytelephas tenuicaulis: The Ecuadorian ivory nut palm or Tagua, with a nut cluster that will yield "vegetable ivory", at Sacha Lodge Reserve, Ecuador. — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Synonyms

Phytelephas macrocarpa subsp. tenuicaulis Barfod

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Foster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Foster, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Foster, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Foster, CC BY 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). About our plant data.