Imbewu enkulu yehlabathi ivela kwiCoco de Mer ( uLodoicea maldivica ). Amanye amagama aqhelekileyo asetyenziswayo yiS Seychelles Island Palm, icoco fesse, iCocodut yaseMaldive, uthando lwe nut, i-Seychelles nut, ikhonkcoti yolwandle kunye necocoti kabini. Ivela kwiziqithi zasePraslin kunye neCurieuse kwiiSychelles Islands. Kwakuye kwafunyanwa kwakhona kwiinqununu ezincinci zeSt Pierre, iBuuve-Souris kunye ne-Ile Ronde (Round Island), zonke ezikufuphi nasePraslin, kodwa zaphela khona ixesha elide liphinde liphindwe kwakhona.
Umthi weCoco de Mer
Umthi ukhula ukuya kuma-25 ukuya kwi-34 m ubude. Amaqabunga afana ne-fan, 7 ukuya kwi-10 m ubude kunye ne-4.5 m ububanzi kunye ne-petiole ye-4 m. Idioecious, ngezohlukeneyo zezityalo zesilisa nezesifazana.
Ezi zityalo zikhula zasendle kwi-nutrient-starved, yomhlaba onamatye. I-nitrojeni kunye ne-phosphorus ezimbini zezichumiso zemvelo - izondlo - ukuba ezi (kunye nezinye izityalo) zifuna. Akukho ninzi kwiziqithi apho ezi ntendelezo zikhula khona, ngoko izityalo ziyazincipha. Bahluma ama-fronds basebenzisa i-third-thirds izondlo ezifunekayo ngamaqabunga angama-56 entlobo zemithi kunye nezihlahla. Okona, iintende zezityalo ze-coco-de-mer zikhwela ezininzi izondlo eziye zaphalaza kwiifama zazo ezifa. Le mithi inokusebenzisa kwakhona i-90 ekhulwini yale phosphorus eyayixabisekileyo esuka kwiifoluni ithetha ukuyeka.
Size
Imbewu enye inokuba ngamasentimitha ama-12 ubude, ibe malunga neenyawo ezili-3 kwi-circumference kwaye ilinganise iikhilogram ezingama-20 (ngaphezu kweekhilo ezingama-40, okanye malunga nantoni eneminyaka engama-4 ubudala). Imbewu ingathatha iminyaka engama-6 ukuya kweyesi-7 ukukhula kwaye enye iminyaka emibini ikhule.
Nangona kunjalo, loo nto ayinakwenzeka ngaphambi kokuba intendeni ifinyelele kuqala isityalo "ukutshatyalaliswa." Kwihlabathi elingenamsoco, ukuzala okunokuzala kunokuthatha iminyaka eyi-80 ukuya kweyodwa. Ngaloo ndlela kuphela enye yeentendelezo inokuvelisa imbewu yayo yokuqala. Kulo lonke ixesha lobomi bentombi yama-coco-de-mer iminyaka engamakhulu amabini, lingazala kuphela imbewu eyi-100.
I-Coco de Mer yi-drupe.
Ukwahlukana phakathi kweNti kunye neDrupe
Ininzi yento esiyicinga ngayo njengamantongomane ayilona nutshe nhlobo, i-drupes.
I-nut yangempela, incoko yezityalo, i-pod-hard shelled pod eneziqhamo kunye nembewu yesityalo, apho isiqhamo singavulwa ukukhulula imbewu kwihlabathi. Eminye imizekelo yamantongomane asebhodini yi-chestnuts, i-hazelnuts, kunye ne-acorns.
I-drupe yintlobo yesityalo apho inxalenye engaphandle ijikeleza igobolondo (oko sikubiza ngokuba ngumgodi ngezinye izihlandlo) nge imbewu ngaphakathi. Eminye imizekelo yeedropes iiperesi, i-plums, ne-cherries-kodwa i-walnuts, i-almonds kunye ne-pecans nayo i-drupes. Yiyo kuphela iidropes apho sidla khona imbewu ngaphakathi kwesihogo endaweni yesityalo.
Imbumbi Eyona Mkhulu kakhulu
Ngenxa yokuba inomsi omkhulu wembewu, umthi weTropiki (i- Mora oleifera ) efunyenwe kumanxweme aseMzantsi Melika kunye neendawo zokuhlaziywa kwezilwanyana zikhona enye inokwenzeka kwimbewu enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ikholeji yasePalomar ithi "imbewu ye-M. oleifera ingaba ngama-intshi engama-18 ubude kwaye ibe ngama-intshi ama-8 ububanzi."