Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Coco de Mer
The largest seed in the plant kingdom: twenty-five kilos, seven years to ripen, and two Seychelles valleys for a homeland.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
East Africa
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Maintenance
Expert
Two valleys and nothing else
The Coco de Mer grows naturally only on two Seychelles islands, Praslin and Curieuse, where the Vallée de Mai preserves its last intact forest.
Before the tree itself was found, only its nuts were known, washed up on Indian Ocean shores: people believed they grew on the seabed, and sultans paid for them in gold.
"A seed discovered before its tree."
01
Styling Tip 01
Constant warmth
It needs a humid tropical climate year-round: no prolonged cool nights, no marked dry season.
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Styling Tip 02
An immense rooting habit
The seed first sends out an underground tube several metres long before the first leaf: pot culture is impossible, it must go in the ground.
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Styling Tip 03
A regulated seed
Every legally exported nut carries an official Seychelles label; without that mark, buying one is illegal.
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Light
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Care
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