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Need Nuts ID

Owen Lowe

Owen Lowe

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Can anyone help ID any of the following tropical nuts? I’ve acquired them through raffles and auctions over the years. None are from the US or Canada and they’re intended for turning. In the Zip-lock with them (and a bunch of tagua nuts) were two labels: Giant Raphia; Kalimantan. Googling those names didn’t help much.

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This 2nd pair of really rough and ugly have lost their outer shiny kinda papery covering, about 2” long:
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Kinda weird mostly hollow, about 3” in diameter:
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Sorry not sure what they are, but very interested to see them turned. There's a guy on eBay selling mini turned bowls, vases etc., including giant raphia:

https://www.ebay.com/i/352588145207?chn=ps

I'm sure a local university could give you a definitive ID. For example, there's a professor at NC State University who'll identify any mushroom for free (he only charges a few mushrooms if edible).
 
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