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Coco de Mer

Lodoicea maldivica

Photo by DanielRowson
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Field Notes

Description:

This Coco de Mer palm was planted by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1956. They are dioecious where the male plants produce phallic-like flowers and the female produce nuts that are rather suggestive too!

Habitat:

Botanical Gardens, Seychelles.

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Coco de Mer

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PublishedMay 11, 2013

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