Sea palm - Sea palm

Japanese: ウミヤシ - うみやし
Sea palm - Sea palm

…A palm tree famous for producing the world's largest seed. Also called sea palm, it is also called futago palm or double coconut due to the unusual shape of its seeds. It is native to the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean and is one genus and one species. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sea slug" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…世界最大の種子を生じることで有名なヤシ科の高木。ウミヤシとも呼び,またその特異な種子の形からフタゴヤシあるいはダブルココナッツの名もある。インド洋セーシェル諸島の原産で,1属1種である。…

※「ウミヤシ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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