The Double Coconut

Location:

• State: West Bengal
• Locality: Calcutta: Inside the Coconut and Palm Conservatory at the Calcutta Botanical Gardens in Howrah

Botany:

• Common name: Coco de Mer or Double Coconut Tree: This giant palm from the Indian Ocean’s Seychelle Islands, have Earth’s largest fruit – 42kg two-lobed coconuts
• Botanical species: Ladoicea maldivica
• Botanical family : Arecaceae [Palm]

Geography:

• Latitude: 22.557247 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 88.286135 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 12 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Slingshot East
• Path : Into Calcutta, then westwards through Jharkhand
• Date photographed: 5.03.09

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