coco de mer

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Related to Lodoicea maldivica: double coconut

coco de mer

(də ˈmɛə)
n
1. (Plants) a palm tree, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles, producing a large fruit containing a two-lobed edible nut
2. (Plants) the nut of this palm
Also called: double coconut
[French: coconut of the sea]
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Various fruits and pods of 25 medicinal plants (Prosopis juliflora, Carissa carandas, Ceiba speciosa, Heterophragma adenophyllum Cestrum diurnum Jacaranda mimosifolia, Diospyros malabarica, Terminalia bellerica, Ficus lyrata, Diospyros peregrine, Cinnamomum verum, Erysimum cheiri, Buchanania lanzan, Withania somnifera, Fagonia arabica, Berberis lycium, Strychnos potatorum, Matthiola incana, Ziziphora tenuior, Centaurea behen, Rosa indica, Punica granatum, Lodoicea maldivica, Cassia absus, Celastrus paniculatus) were extracted by ethanol.
Seychelles is introducing a new holographic tag and permit system for the endangered Coco de Mer (french for 'Coconut of the Sea'), which is the world's largest and heaviest nut from the rare palm Lodoicea maldivica.
Coco-de-mer palms (Lodoicea maldivica) are native to two islands in the Seychelles that have starved, rocky soil.
The double coconut, or coco de mer (Lodoicea maldivica), has been known since antiquity for its fruits, which weigh up to 44 lb (20 kg).
He claims that because Lodoicea maldivica occurred only in the Praslin group, the selection pressure necessary to drive the evolution of larger body size was absent in the Mahe group.
And young plantings have advantages: you can bend over to study the crown of the rare double coconut from the Seychelles, Lodoicea maldivica (its 50-pound coconuts are the largest seeds in the plant kingdom).
Whereas the quantitative analysis of ethanol extract showed that fruit of Carissa carandas and Lodoicea maldivica seeds of Erysimum cheiri, whole plant of Fagonia arabica and branches of Withania somnifera had 80% of total terpenoids contents.
He gave the palm tree responsible for producing the fruit the name Lodoicea maldivica, still the valid name.