This Plant Produces the Biggest Seed in the World

A tree on two islands in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean that produces the biggest seed in the world. Coco-de-Mer palm is the tree that produces this giant nut.

This palm is very frugal and it uses only 30 percent of its nutrients for its leafs and trunk.

 Nitrogen and phosphorus are two nutrients that are needed for the growth of this species of palm.

The palm grows up to 30 meters and its leafs are very large. These plants are dioecious, which means that there are male and female plants.

Its fruits are nuts and grow very large. They weigh about 18 kilograms each.

 To create this monster nut, the palm must transport 85 percent of the phosphorus in the nut. 

The islands are very poor with nutrients, so the palm creates perfect mechanism to take some from the rain.

 The rain water washes away the animal droppings from the large leafs and falls to its roots.

The palm needs six years to grow one nut. Most of these palms can produce seed even after 80 or 100 years. In their entire life they can produce only around 100 seeds.

Seeds can’t flow around much because they are stranded on few islands.

Even after all these constrains, coco-de mer palm succeeds in producing seed and with that, the new generation of plant is born.