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Arecaceae

Double coconut

Lodoicea maldivica (J.F.Gmel.) Pers.

Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Lodoicea

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Double coconut: A female Coco de mer palm tree with some seeds in the growth, Praslin, Seychelles.
Photo: WL~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (39)
Arabic
لودواسيا مالديفية, جوز الهند البحري, نارجيل البحر, نارجيل بحري
Armenian
Սեյշելյան արմավենի
arz
لودواسيا مالديفيه
Bangla
জোড়া নারকেল
Burmese
ပင်လယ်အုန်းပင်
Cantonese
海底椰, L. maldivica
Catalan
Coco de mar, Cocoter de les Maldives
Chinese
海椰子, 巨子棕, 巨籽棕, 海底椰
Danish
Dobbeltkokosnød, Maldivisk nød
dtp
Kelapa laut
Dutch
Coco de mer, Dubbele kokosnoot, Zeekokosnoot
English
Double coconut, Double coconut palm, Coco-de-mer, Sea coconut, Seychelles nut
Esperanto
Sejŝela palmo
Estonian
Seišellipalm, Seišelli palm
Finnish
Seychellienpalmu
French
Cocotier de mer, Coco de mer, Coco fesse, Coco-de-mer, Coco-fesse
Georgian
Სეიშელის პალმა
German
Seychellenpalme, Coco de Mer, Frauenschoß, Meereskokosnuss, Meeresnuss, Seychellennuss
Hebrew
סיישל
Hungarian
Tengerikókusz, Coco-de-Mer
Indonesian
Coco de mer
Irish
Cnó cócó dúbailte, Coco-de-mer
Japanese
オオミヤシ, フタゴヤシ
Korean
바다야자나무
Lithuanian
Seišelinė lodoicė, Coco de Mer, Lodoicė
Malay
Pokok Kelapa Laut, Kelapa laut
Malayalam
കടൽത്തെങ്ങ്, Coco de mer, Sea coconut
Norwegian Bokmål
Seychellpalme
Odia
ଯୋଡ଼ା ନଡ଼ିଆ
Persian
نارگیل دریایی
Polish
Lodoicja seszelska, Coco de mer, Coco-de-mer, Kokos morski, Lodoicja, Palma seszelska
Portuguese
Coco-do-mar
Russian
Сейшельская пальма, Coco de Mer, Coco-de-mer, Коко де мер, Лодоицея
Sindhi
دريائي ناريل
Spanish
Lodoicea, Coco de mar, Coco de mer, Coco fesse
Swedish
Dubbelkokosnöt
Tamil
இரட்டைத் தேங்காய் மரம்
Thai
มะพร้าวแฝด, ตาลทะเล, มะพร้าวทะเล
Ukrainian
Сейшельська пальма

Synonyms

  • Borassus sonneratii Giseke
  • Cocos maldivica J.F.Gmel.
  • Cocos maritima Comm. ex H.Wendl.
  • Lodoicea callypige Comm. ex J.St.Hil.
  • Lodoicea sechellarum Labill.
  • Lodoicea sonneratii (Giseke) Baill.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.