However, the tagua nut provides a practical alternative, since its vegetable ivory looks like its animal counterpart, is extremely hard, takes a high polish, and absorbs dyes readily.
Taču ziloņkaula rieksts ir labs ziloņkaula aizstājējs, jo tas izskatās pēc īsta ziloņkaula, ir ļoti ciets, labi pulējams un viegli krāsojams.