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Coconut Palm

Cocos Nucifera

Photo by MartaLagoa
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Coconut Palm

Cocos nucifera

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Comments (4)
HemaShah
something unusual!! good catch.
ceherzog
Yep, a sprouting Coconut Palm. Their seeds (the coconut) are dispersed by the water. They float ashore. That's why coconuts are abundant on islands and shores in tropical regions.
The MnMs
Yop! is a a coconut already growing into a little palm tree :-)

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PublishedJune 4, 2011

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