Branched coconut palm with two stems !

By Roland Bourdeix, 2019, click on the pictures to enlarge them

In Oman, Muscat, photographed by Sam Foster in 2000 

In Vang Vieng, Laos, photographied in 2013
by Phanomsinh Chanthaphasouk

The same, in Vang Vieng, Laos, photographied in 2013

by Phanomsinh Chanthaphasouk

Banana-shaped coconut: an effect of parthenocarpic developpement

For some coconut varieties, and especially the Rennell Island Tall, sometimes a few fruits are developing without any pollination. Such fruits sometimes get a very long shape, looking like  banana varieties. Inside these fruits, there is no coconut able to germinate, only husk and vestigial shell.

Banana-shaped coconut

On top: two Rennell fuits, one normal, one banana shaped