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Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden
http://www.sabot.org/

Lodoicea maldivica
Coco de Mer (Double coconut)
Largest seed known. Once beleived to grow on trees on the ocean floor and to possess great medicinal powers. Not a true coconut, these trees grow slowly and so not flower until 100 years old.

Photo by Bruce Peters