ʻO ka hua nui loa o ka honua mai Coco de Mer ( Lodoicea maldivica ). ʻO nā inoa'ē aʻe i hoʻohanaʻia,ʻo iaʻo Seychelles Island Palm, coe fesse, niu Maldive, meaʻai aloha, Seychelles nut, ka niu moana, a me ka niu niu. No nā mokupuniʻo Praslin a me Curieuse nā mokupuniʻo Seychelles. Uaʻikeʻia ma mua i nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi o St Pierre, Chauve-Souris a me Ile Ronde (kokoke mokupuni), kahi e kokoke kokoke ana iā Praslin, akā ua pio loaʻo ia ma laila no kekahi manawa a hiki i ka manawa i hou houʻia.
ʻO Coco de Mer Tree
Hoʻonui ke kumu i ka 25 a 34 m ka loa. ʻO nā lau heʻano like, 7 a 10 m ka lōʻihi a 4.5 m ākea me ka 4 m petiole. He meaʻino ia, me nā mea kanu male a wahine.
Ke ulu nei kēia mau mea kanu i ka mauʻu i ka pōloli, i ka lepo pōhaku. ʻO Nitrogen a me phosphorusʻelua mau mea kanu momona - nā meaʻai - kahi pono kēia (a me nā mea kanu'ē aʻe). ʻAʻole he nui o nā mokupuni ma kahi e ulu ana kēia mau lāʻau, no laila ua ulu ka mea kanu. Ke ulu nei lākou i nā'āpana e hoʻohana wale ana i kahi hapakolu o nā meaʻai e pono ai nā lau o 56 mauʻano lāʻau a me nā kumu liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka mea nui aku, nāʻahu coco-de-mer e hoʻopaʻi i ka nui o nā meaola i hoʻokaheʻia i loko o ko lākou mauʻaoʻao pono'ī. Hiki i kēia mau lāʻau ke hoʻohana hou i 90 pakeneka o kēlā mau phosphorus i loaʻa mai i nā pua a kokoke e hāʻule.
Nui
ʻO kahi hua hoʻokahi paha he 12'niha ka lōʻihi, kokoke iʻekolu kapuaʻi a puni, a ua kaumaha i 20 kg (ʻoi aku i 40 paona, aiʻole paha e like me kahi keiki 4 makahiki). Hiki i nā hua ke lawe i ka 6 a 7 mau makahiki aʻoi aʻe aʻelua mau makahiki hou e ulu.
Akā naʻe,ʻaʻole e hanaʻia a hiki i ka hiki muaʻana o ka lāʻau pāma i ka "ulu." Ma ka'āinaʻilihune, hiki i kēia mau makahiki hānau he 80 a 100 mau makahiki. I laila e hiki i kahi o kēia mau lāʻau ke hoʻohua i kāna hua mua. I loko o nā makahiki he mau makahiki o ka wahine wahine o ka palms o ka palm aʻoi aku paha i nā haneli he 100.
ʻO ka Coco de Mer he drupe.
Ke Kahepaʻana ma waena o kahi Nut a me kahi Puke
ʻO ka hapanui o nā mea a mākou e noʻonoʻo ai i ka huapalapalaʻaʻole nā hua liʻiliʻi ma nā mea a pau, he hana maoli nō.
ʻO ka'ōmaʻomaʻo maoli,ʻo ka'ōlelo maʻamau, he pulu koʻikoʻi i loko o nā huaʻelua a me nā hua o ka mea kanu, kahi iʻole ai ka hua e hoʻokuʻu i nā hua i ka honua. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona o nā nūnoa huahuana he mau pīpī, hazelnuts, a me acorns.
ʻO kahi drupe heʻanoʻano hua kahi e hoʻopuni ai kahi'ōpū o waho i ka pū (kahi i kapaʻia he manawa he lua) me kahi hua i loko. ʻO kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o drupes he peaches, plums, a he cherries -but walnuts, almonds, a pecanans are also drupes.They just drupes in which we eat the seed in the pit instead of the fruit.
ʻO ka Hopry Seed Loa
No ka mea heʻoi aku ka nui o ka embryo hua,ʻo kahi lāʻau ulu lāʻau ( Mora oleifera ) i loaʻa i nā moku āpau o ka'Ākau Hema a me nā estuaries kekahi mea'ē aʻe no nā hua nui loa o ka honua. 'Ōlelo maiʻo Palomar College "he mauʻanuʻu o M. oleifera a hiki i 7'iniha (18cm) ka lōʻihi a hiki i ka 'īnihaʻelima (8cm) ka laulā."