Coloured Tagua Nuts

Coloured Tagua Nuts

Tagua is a gift of nature. And the finest tagua comes from Ecuador.

Price is for 5 nuts in your chosen colour

We import this ethical, fair trade vegan ivory directly from a forest engineer living locally in the beautiful country.

Tagua nuts are available in 31 colour choices. Be aware that displayed colours can vary from supplied colours while tagua is a natural material, dyeing is manual and the monitor displays colours different than the actual object.

The nuts measure approx 3-4cm in height (this varies slightly due to the nature of the product).

Pack will include 5 pieces in your chosen colour.

We sell other tagua supplies including unprocessed nuts.

Background

Vegetable ivory or tagua nut is a product made from the very hard white endosperm of the seeds of certain palm trees. Vegetable ivory is named for its resemblance to animal ivory. Species in the genus Phytelephas (literally “elephant plant”), native to South America, are the most important sources of vegetable ivory.  More information can be found here

Tagua Nut Facts

We thought long and hard about the best way to make an impact with our ethical jewellery business and alongside giving 10% of our net profits to charity, we make every product from ethically-sourced tagua nuts, a.k.a. ‘vegetable ivory’. Here are just a few of the fascinating reasons why we love this magical nut:

1. It’s not a nut, it’s actually a seed.

2. It is famed for its likeness to elephant ivory in both its stunning appearance and remarkable durability.

3. Removes the need for elephant ivory.

4. The hard tagua seeds grow at the top of palm trees, 10-20 metres up. Botanical name for these is “Phytelephas Aequatorialis”.

5. They grow in the rainforests of Ecuador, South America.

6. A tagua palm can take 15 years to mature. It then produces tagua nuts for up to 100 years. Our partner NGO is commited to planting new trees.

7. In any given year a tagua palm can produce up to 10kg of vegetable ivory – more than an elephant can produce in a lifetime.