Horticulturist Robert Van Tress bought a double coconut palm seed in Ceylon in 1960 and tried ... when the roof was renovated in 2003, the tree was moved to a spot with a higher roof.

The lethal yellowing disease has decimated the coconut palm population here in Antigua ... put plans in motion to import 100,000 coconut seeds from Costa Rica. In light of this, the Plant ...

Botanically speaking, the coconut palm is not a tree since it has no bark ... like acorns, only release seeds when they decay or are digested by an animal. A coconut can grow from an intact ...

With access to water, light and heat they rapidly grow from seed (coconut) to tree. One coconut makes one palm tree. This rapid growth rate is not something to forget about in a hurry. It’s easy ...

The Double Coconut tree not only bears the largest seed known to science — weighing around 25 kg — but this unique species is also the longest surviving palm which can live for as long as ...

Coconut is a fruit produced by certain trees belonging to the palm tree family ‘Arecaceae’ and its scientific name is ‘Cocos nucifera’. Botanically, coconut is not a nut, rather it is a drupe-a fleshy ...

One is the Seychelles' endangered coco de mer, or sea coconut palm tree, which is now relegated ... for scientists—or anyone—to miss. Its seed can weigh up to 18kg. (Some reports say even ...

many people mistake palm and coconut trees for one another. But not every palm tree is a coconut tree. Here are some tips on how to spot the differences between the plants. The plants don’t ...