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Cocos nucifera
A large, single-stemmed palm with stout, straight or slightly curved trunk, rising from a swollen base surrounded by a mass of roots. Trunk is light greyish brown in colour, smooth and marked with rings of leaf scars. Tall varieties may attain a height of 20 to 30 meters while dwarf varieties are much shorter in statue. Leaves are pinnate, up to 6 meters long 1.5 to 2 meters wide with 200 to 250 linear lanceolate-shaped leaflets arranged in a single plane on either side of the rachis. Leaf stalks are about 1 to 1.5 meters long and smooth.
Small islands (in this case)
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