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An early use of vegetable ivory, attested from the 1880s, was the manufacture of buttons.The material is called corozo or corosso when used in buttons.Rochester, New York was a center of manufacturing where the buttons were "subjected to a treatment which is secret among the Rochester manufacturers", presumably improving their "beauty and wearing qualities". [5]
[2] [4] They are commonly known as ivory palms, ivory-nut palms or tagua palms (/ ˈ t ɑː ɡ w ə, ˈ t æ ɡ-/); 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 ...
Ivory has been valued since ancient times in art or manufacturing for making a range of items from ivory carvings to false teeth, piano keys, fans, and dominoes. [9] Elephant ivory is the most important source, but ivory from mammoth, walrus, hippopotamus, sperm whale, orca, narwhal and warthog are used as well.
The endosperm is a white hemicellulose material that is so hard it can be polished and carved like ivory. The male flowers are in a catkin, and each flower has as many as 1,000 stamens, [3] the greatest number in any monocot. The plant's genus name Phytelephas means "elephant plant". Three other species in this genus are sources of vegetable ...
Importing ivory in the United States is almost completely banned -- and to highlight just how serious it is about the ban, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is crushing one ton of ivory in New ...
The crop is grown in Ivory Coast mostly by smallholder farmers planting on 1 to 3 hectares. [10] The pods containing the beans are harvested when a sufficient number are ripe, opened to separate the seeds and pulp from the outer rind, and the seeds and pulp are usually allowed to ferment somewhere on the farm, before the seeds are dried in a central location.
The grave is about 100 meters (328 feet) away from that of “The Ivory Lady,” whose skeletal remains were found buried with an elephant’s tusk, an ivory comb, a crystal dagger, an ostrich ...
Phytelephas seemannii, commonly called Panama ivory palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is one of the plants used for vegetable ivory.