Ornamental Palm Elephant

By Author: Onno Heerma van Voss
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We can’t even begin to count the gifts that the nature has provided us. Every phenomenon of nature is amazing and inexplicable. With the new discoveries every day we might think that this whole life time is less to know it all. Humans have always been creative enough to use these wonderful things ornamentally, but in turn have many times harmed the nature. Plants have practically given us everything, right from food to ornaments.

One known plant which gives us ornaments is Phytelephas marcocarpa, which is also known as ivory palm or Tagua palm. This palm from the north western part of South America (Ecuador, Columbia and Panama) which is also called ivory nut palm usually grwos in swampy places. The reason that this palm supposedly gives ornaments is because the inside of the fruit of this plant resembles the elephant’s ivory. Hence that ivory like material is used to make ornaments or goods to be used for decorative purpose. The ivory like look brings the name palm ivory or vegetable ivory. The height of the tagua palm may vary from 8-20 meters. The vegetable ivory here is the endosperm of the palm. After drying ...
... it is carved and given the desired shape after dyeing it. Tagua jewellery is becoming popular because of its ivory texture and to attain that ivory no animal is harmed or killed. Hence this jewellery making is encouraged in many parts of the world. Because of the tagua nut there is no longer the need to slaughter animals anymore, because the demand could be easily diverted. These nuts when dried in the sun give the substance which can be shaped and coloured according to the liking and designing. Like from the elephant ivory people had tried and made everything, from necklaces to showpieces for in the house; same is with the vegetable ivory which can be shaped into anything gorgeous depending upon the creativity.

Tagua nut has not only given birth to tagua jewellery but have also become a source of employment for many people. People are involved in handicraft in making different things from tagua. There are number of things that can be made out of tagua, and which provides an opportunity for the people to explore a good market for these products. Women are always fond of jewellery and there is a huge market for artificial jewellery. As not everybody can afford the conventional gold or silver jewellery and because of the exorbitant prices it can’t be matched with every outfit. Tagua jewellery on the other hand is far more affordable priced and unlike plastic jewellery which could be harmful for the skin, is made out of natural material. The variety and the colours available in tagua products are also positive aspects as it gives us a huge range to choose from.

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