So strange husk... Horned coconut!

Here are some global views of horned coconut...

The appearance of the coconut palm itself is normal, it is only in the inflorescences and bunches that the peculiarities become visible. Coconuts contain a normal white kernel and germinate normally. The taste of the kernel does not differ from that of ordinary coconut palms.


Inflorescence of an Indian horned coconut
photographed in 2012 by Dr Augustine Jerard Bosco.

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Young bunch of a horned coconut palm photographed in 2021
in French Polynesia by Dr R. Bourdeix

The coconut palms themselves are normal. Some of them are not very productive, but not all of them. In French Polynesia, we observed some horned coconut palms which annually produced a good hundred fairly large fruits.

The coconut palm producing 3-horned coconut
in French Polynesia