Coconut Palm, Cocos nucifera, Arecaceae (Palmae) with a large crop of nuts. Tortuguero, Costa Rica.

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Coconut Palm, Cocos nucifera, Arecaceae (Palmae) with a large crop of nuts. Tortuguero, Costa Rica. The coconut palm is a long lived plant that may live as long as 100 years. It has a single trunk 20 to 30 m tall, its bark is smooth and grey marked by ringed scars left by fallen leafbases. Native to tropical eastern regions today it is grown both over the Asian continent and in Central and South America as an important food source.

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Size: 3632px × 5464px
Location: Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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