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Botanical rarities for coconut palm leaves

Here are presented some botanical rarities for coconut palm leaves.

Botanical rarities for coconut palm flowers

Here are presented some botanical rarities for coconut palm flowers.

The Coconut Monk and religion from Vietnam

The Coconut Religion (Vietnamese: Đạo Dừa or Hòa đồng Tôn giáo) is a Vietnamese religious sect centered in southern Vietnam's Bến Tre Province. Founded in 1963, adherents created a "Coconut Kingdom" on an islet of the Mekong River. The religion is largely based on Buddhist and Christian beliefs, alongside the pacifism teachings of founder Nguyễn Thành Nam. The religion was abolished by the communist authorities after 1975. At its peak, the religion had some 4,000 followers. After the founder’s death following a clash with the authority in 1990, the cult is now still practiced by a very small minority.

The Coconut Religion was founded in 1963 by Vietnamese scholar Nguyễn Thành Nam, also known as the Coconut Monk, His Coconutship, Prophet of Concord, and Uncle Hai (1909 – 1990). Nam, who attended a French university (the College of Physical Chemistry in Lyon ), established a floating pagoda in the southern Vietnamese "Coconut Kingdom", in the province of Bến Tre.

After he returned from studying overseas, Nguyen Thanh Nam married his wife. He opened up a factory producing soap out of coconut. It is alleged that Nam consumed only coconuts for three years; for that period he also practiced meditation on a small pavement made from stone. Nam was a candidate for the 1971 South Vietnamese presidential election; he lost and returned to his "Coconut Kingdom". Despite his eccentric behaviour, the government of Saigon respected him and called Nam a "man of religion". He usually sported a crucifix around his neck and dressed in traditional Buddhist robes.

Estimates of followers of the religion worldwide were 4,000 at its highest. One notable follower was John Steinbeck IV, the son of American novelist John Steinbeck. The religion was deemed a "cult" and was promptly banned in 1975 by communist officials. In 1990, the Coconut Monk fell to his death during an intense clash with the authorities, marking the demise of the cult. The Coconut Estate is now served as a tourist attraction along the My Tho Mekong Delta Tour.

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Early flowering coconut seedling

In 2019 in Vanuatu....

Coconut palms with ten stems or more

This one seems to have at least 13 stems, unknown location. The picture was taken in August 2019, and was found on Facebook but it disappeared few years after.

Multi headed coconut palm by Shreedevi Haridevan

Coconut palms with six stems

From Penang, a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. An old poscard...

Abnormal coconut palms with a single stem

In Hawaii

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Dancing coconut eyes ! Normal coconut have three eyes, or two eyes and one mouth according to people perception and cultures. No more, no less ! Except, of course, if they are coconut freaks...
Three eyed normal coconuts			Three eyed but strange coconuts
One eyed coconut			Two eyed coconut
Three and half eyed coconut			Four eyed coconut
Four and half eyed coconut			Five eyed coconut
Two coconuts fused by the husk			Two kernels in one coconut shell
Three kernel in one coconut shell			What next?

Branched coconut palms ! The coconut palm generally consists of a unique trunk (or stem) topped with a broad crown of fronds. The coconut fronds and flowers generally grow from a single bud. The bud functions continually. The coconut palm therefore never stops growing, until it dies. Although the bud is highly protected, the fact that it is unique means the palm is somewhat fragile. If an insect succeeds in penetrating and eating the bud, the palm is doomed. Except, of course, for the palms that are coconut freaks...
Normal coconut palms with a single stem			Coconut palms with two branches
Coconut palms with three branches			Coconut palms with four branches
Coconut palms with four branches			Coconut palms with five branches
Coconut palms with six branches			Coconut palms with seven branches
Coconut palms with eigth branches			Coconut palms with Nine branches
Coconut palms with ten branches or more			The most branched !

Horned coconut!
Horned coconuts from the Pacific region			Horned coconut from India
Horned coconut from Sri Lanka			Horned coconut from other places

All other kinds of coconut Freaks !
A palm bearing about 5000 coconuts in Tamil Nadu, India			Pora Pol coconut whith hard and thick shells
The Cook Island "Seven in one"			Coconut with flat and large spikelets
Banana-shaped and sexy coconut			Undersea coconut
Holey coconut palms

Horned coconuts

Branched coconut palms
When you own such a rare palm and when or before it fell down, it is possible to take separately each of the branch, cut two third of the existing leaves and replant in the soil with good watering and shading. New roots will appear on the stem. Please avoid to loose a so precious coconut freak!

Branched coconut - Two branches.
Branched coconut - Three branches
Branched coconut - Four branches

Branched coconut - 8 branches (In India, and may be in Thailand...)
Branched coconut - 14 branches coconut palm from Maalhos island, Baa, in Maldives.

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