phytelephas macrocarpa การใช้

• The closely related " Ammandra decasperma " from Colombia, and " Aphandra natalia " from Ecuador, are also sources of vegetable ivory, but of inferior quality and therefore not commercially significant .'Phytelephas macrocarpa'translates to  elephant plant with'large fruit', the endosperm of the nut having the texture of elephant ivory, and consisting of large, thick-walled cells of two long-chain polysaccharides, mannan A and B.