Coco De Mer Sculpture

Description

Coco de mer is the palm with the largest coconuts in the world. This only grows on the seychelles islands … more Coco de mer is the palm with the largest coconuts in the world. This only grows on the seychelles islands of curieuse and praslin. The growing place of the coco de mer was only discovered in 1768 by a french expedition. Before then, people were in the dark about its origins. One of the conjectures was that they came from an unknown palm growing in the sea, hence the name coco de mer or sea coconut. This fruit with a somewhat erotic shape was already assigned to the buttocks of a woman in its scientific name. Lodoicea callypige, in which the species name cally-pige stands for beautiful behind in ancient greek. The coco de mer is a rare protected species and has been classified as 'endangered' on the iucn red list since 2007. Since they are no longer allowed to be exported from the seychelles, they are extra popular and special to encounter in europe. Dimensions: 35w x 35h x 20d cm with stand: 45h x 35w x 22d less