Mbewu yaikulu kwambiri padziko lapansi imachokera ku Coco de Mer ( Lodoicea maldivica ). Maina ena omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Seychelles Island Palm, koco, Kokoti ya Maldive, mtedza wa chikondi, mtedza wa Seychelles, kokonati ya m'nyanja, ndi kokonati iwiri. Amachokera kuzilumba za Praslin ndi Curieuse ku Seychelles Islands. Ankapezeka pazilumba zing'onozing'ono za St Pierre, Chauve-Souris ndi Ile Ronde (Round Island), zonse zomwe zili pafupi ndi Praslin, koma zinali zitatha kumeneko kwa kanthawi mpaka posachedwa kubwereranso.
Coco de Mer Tree
Mtengo umakula mpaka mamita 25 mpaka 34 mamita. Masambawa amafanana ndi mawonekedwe a mawonekedwe a mamita 7 mpaka 10 ndipo mamita 4.5 ndi mamita 4 pa petiole. Ndiwotchedwa dioecious, ndi zomera zosiyana amuna ndi akazi.
Mitengo imeneyi imafesa pamtunda, yomwe ili ndi miyala. Mavitrogeni ndi phosphorous ndi feteleza awiri ochizira - zakudya - kuti izi (ndi zomera zina) zimafunikira. Palibe zambiri zomwe zili pazilumba zomwe mitengoyi imakula, kotero zomera zimatha. Amamera ndalama zokhala ndi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a zakudya zomwe zimapezeka ndi masamba 56 a mitengo ndi zitsamba zoyandikana nawo. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, mitengo ya palmu ya coco-de-mer imapanga zakudya zambiri zomwe zimayikidwa m'magazi awo omwe amafa. Mitengo iyi ikhoza kugwiritsanso ntchito 90 peresenti ya phosphorous yamtengo wapatali yochokera ku fronds yomwe ili pafupi kusiya.
Kukula
Mbewu imodzi yokha ikhoza kukhala yayitali yaitali masentimita 12, pafupifupi mamita atatu mu circumference ndi kulemera makilogalamu 20, kapena pafupi ngati mwana wazaka 4). Mbeu ikhoza kutenga zaka 6 mpaka 7 kuti zikhwime ndipo zaka zina ziwiri zikuphuka.
Komabe, izo sizidzachitika mpaka kanjedza ikafika pachimera "kutha msinkhu." Pa nthaka yosauka-bwino, kubwera kwa msinkhu umenewu kungatenge zaka 80 mpaka 100. Pomwepo, imodzi mwa mitengo ya kanjedza ikhoza kubereka mbewu yoyamba. Pakati pa moyo wa wamkazi wa coco-de-mer palm zaka mazana angapo, zikhoza kubala mbewu zokwana 100 zokha.
Coco de Mer ndi drupe.
Kusiyanitsa Pakati pa Mtedza ndi Nthenda
Zambiri zomwe timaganizira monga mtedza sizimakhala mtedza konse, ndizo mankhwala.
Mtengo weniweni, kulankhulana mwachangu, ndi nkhumba yolimba yomwe ili ndi chipatso ndi mbeu ya mbewu, kumene chipatso sichingatsegule kumasula mbewu kudziko. Zitsanzo zina za mtedza wa maluwa ndiwo chestnuts, nkhono, ndi acorns.
Mankhwalawa ndi mtundu wa chipatso chimene mbali yamkati imakhala ndi chipolopolo (zomwe timatcha dzenje) ndi mbewu mkati. Zitsanzo zina za mankhwalawa ndi mapichesi, plums, ndi yamatcheri-koma walnuts, amondi, ndi pecans ndi mankhwala. Ndizo mankhwala omwe timadya mbeu mkati mwa dzenje mmalo mwa chipatso.
Mbewu Yaikulu Kwambiri Mbewu
Chifukwa chakuti imakhala ndi mimba yaikulu kwambiri, mtengo wa tropical ( Mora oleifera ) womwe umapezeka mumtsinje wa South America ndi malo odyetserako ziweto ndi mwayi wina wa mbewu yaikulu kwambiri padziko lapansi. Kalamu ya Palomar imati "mbewu za M. oleifera zikhoza kukhala yaitali masentimita 18 ndi mamita 8 masentimita."