The Coconut Palm, also known as the Seychelles King Palm, only grows on the Seychelles Islands in Africa. The male flowers resemble a man’s genitals, up to 80 centimeters long; the fruit resembles a girl’s buttocks, and is This mysterious plant is considered to be the Garden of Eden and is often hung on bathroom doors to distinguish men and women. Its fruits are also the largest and heaviest seeds in the world, with one seed weighing up to 15 kilograms.

It takes 25 to 40 years for the coconut palm tree to bloom and bear fruit, and it matures and falls after 8 years. Only 1,000 seeds are harvested each year. Coconut palm belongs to the palm family and is dioecious. Male and female trees always grow side by side. The trunks are tall and straight, and the leaves are hard and flat, up to 6 meters long. The male tree is 30 meters high, more than 6 meters taller than the female tree. One is higher and the other is lower, inseparable.

The coconut palm grows slowly. It takes 25 years to grow and it takes another 7 years for the fruit to mature. It can bear dozens of fruits at a time and can bear fruit continuously for 850 years. The life of the tree is as long as a thousand years. Both male and female trees bear fruit, but the shapes of the fruits are different. The fruit of the female tree is large and round, with a width of 35 to 50 centimeters and a weight of 25 kilograms. The outside is spongy and fibrous, and the shell is peeled off to reveal the nut. The nut looks like two coconuts growing together, so people also call it double coconut or double coconut. The Seychelles people call it the "fruit of love".

The sea coconut is very precious and is known as one of the biological protection objects. The Seychelles government stipulates that the sea coconut is a national treasure of the country and prohibits smuggling out of the country. Perhaps because it is far away from the mainland, the plants on the island are all very large, lush and a bit wild, and the colors are as rich as Gauguin's paintings. The pine cone is as big as a cantaloupe, the leaves of the Asuka are more than a foot wide, the huge coconut tree is leaning across the window, and the tall phoenix tree behind the tall hibiscus is so red that it almost covers half of the sky. When you are there, you will feel that these vibrant flowers and plants are the real owners of the island, and the people are just the embellishments.

There is such a legend about the origin of the name of sea coconut. A long time ago, a Maldivian fisherman discovered a coconut in his fishing net that resembled a woman's pelvis while fishing in the Indian Ocean. At that time, the Seychelles Islands were still unknown. People thought that this strange-shaped coconut was the fruit of a giant tree growing on the seabed, so they named it "Sea Coconut". It dawned on me when I discovered a virgin forest growing in this kind of coconut in the "Valley".

In the 18th century, there was a British ruler on the island who was very fascinated by the sea coconut. He even believed that the "May Valley" was the Garden of Eden in the Bible, and the sea coconut was the "fruit of knowledge" that caused Adam and Eve to lose their paradise. ". All these factors have cast a mysterious veil on sea coconuts. In the past, on the Maldives, only princes could collect sea coconuts, and civilians who hid them privately would be punished by having their arms cut off or even executed. It is said that Rudolf II, who was famous in the Habsburg dynasty, once offered 4,000 gold coins, but failed to buy a coco de mer. Nowadays, coconut palms are still a commodity strictly controlled by the Seychelles government. Not only are they expensive, foreign tourists who want to take them out of the country must also hold a permit issued by the local government.

You can see coconut palm trees in the Botanic Gardens of Victoria. The male and female trees always grow side by side, but their roots are entangled. The male tree is tall and straight, and can grow up to more than 30 meters, generally about five or six meters higher than the female tree. It is said that if one of them is cut down, the other will "die of love." How can such a loving and meaningful plant not make people sigh and feel a sudden feeling of love? There are also many romantic legends about sea coconuts on the island. It is said that on full moon nights, male sea coconut trees will move on their own to spend the night with female coconut trees. Therefore, people are not allowed to enter the coconut forest late at night, so as not to ruin the scenery. .

The coconut palm tree has a strong vitality and can live for more than 1,000 years and bear fruit continuously for more than 850 years. Coconuts of the sea are much larger than ordinary coconuts, weighing more than ten kilograms each, and are divided into male and female types. The dark green fruits hang on the trees. Both in shape and size, they are easily reminiscent of the human body. The fruits of the male coconut tree are long stick-shaped, while the fruits of the female coconut tree are pelvic-shaped. Male and female sea coconuts are often painted on the door of local toilets in Seychelles, indicating the difference between men and women, which is simple and clear at a glance.

When it comes to the magic of sea coconut, its reputation is not unfounded. It can be said that the whole body is a treasure. The fruit grows to about nine months, and the juice is sweet and can be used as dessert; when fully mature, the hard white coconut meat is a superior tonic, which has the miraculous effect of tonifying the kidneys and aphrodisiacs. The core is a precious raw material for handicrafts, and the coconut juice has a mellow taste. A good raw material for making wine, it is said that it can also cure stroke.