La Tagua
La tagua, también conocida como nuez de marfil o marfil vegetal, es la semilla de la palma phytelephas macrocarpa, que crece en los bosques húmedos tropicales de la región del pacífico. Se utiliza y se comercializa internacionalmente, principalmente para
hacer botones y también figuras artísticas o decorativas y adornos.
La tagua o marfil vegetal se obtiene del endosperma blanco y duro, de las semillas de la palmera phytelephas sp, de la familia . La especie se distribuye en el noroeste de Sur América. El endosperma pulido de la semilla se parece muchísimo al marfil.
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The tagua
Tagua is a form of vegetable ivory harvested from ivory palms in South
America. It is viewed as a sustainable alternative to ivory derived
from animals, and responsible cultivation and harvesting of tagua may
also help with rain forest conservation in South America. Like true
ivory, tagua is dense and creamy yellow in color, and it can be carved
and worked into buttons, traditional handcrafts , billiard balls, musical instrument parts, and other things traditionally made from ivory.
The formal name for the South American ivory palm is Phytelephas aequatorialis, A full-grown tagua
tree can reach 65 feet (20 meters) in height, and will yield several
very large, knobbly wooden fruits. When the fruit is cracked open, it
reveals several hen's egg sized tagua nuts, the seeds of the tree. The
tagua seeds can be allowed to grow into seedlings to perpetuate the
trees, or carved into vegetable ivory products. In small South American
communities, tagua can provide a valuable economic and cultural service
by providing people with a source of income which allows them to live
traditional lifestyles.Fuente wisegeek
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