I found a coco de mer seed in venice beach!

[Maddox Gardening-youtube]

It floats so might not be viable. But still a really cool find.

[Johnny Palmseed]

Boy talk about click bait. No, you did not find a Lodoicea. You found a coconut, not a coco de mer.

[Maddox Gardening-youtube]

3 hours ago, Johnny Palmseed said:

Boy talk about click bait. No, you did not find a Lodoicea. You found a coconut, not a coco de mer.

Hey, it has 2 outer shells and feels like a brick with no water. And it’s the size of a golf ball. I can assure you it is not a coconut this is a picture of coco de mer for refrence 

[Johnny Palmseed]

OK so it was impossible to tell the seed size from your picture because there was no point of reference. Also, you are using a generic term (Coco de mer) which is usually applied to the Lodoicea Maldivica. That is part of the problem using generic terms as opposed to scientific. Coco de mer translates to sea coconut and I can see that some online sources refer to the Manicaria seed as “seed of sea coconut”. It’s just that most people on here would apply it to the Lodoicea and not the Manicaria. The sea bean of the Manicaria is definitely cool to find.

[idontknowhatnametuse]

It's a Sanagua seed (Manicaria saccifera). I think you can still try to germinate it. To my knowledge there are some people who managed to germinate these.

[rockinrickyfox]

darn i was expecting to see a picture of you lugging that giant seed around of the actual coco de mer. but its just a tiny little nut haha. 

floating may not indicate non viablity. remember seeds like coconuts float. it may just indicate air or water pockets. i would try it anyways

[Kim]

🤣 Oh, you got me with that title!

[rockinrickyfox]

"The fruits can contain from 1 to 3 seeds; they have a rough surface full of tubercles. The seeds can float in the water for a long time until they reach an appropriate place to germinate."

so yeah according to palmpedia, they are supposed to float as they migrate in water to search for swampy and wetland areas to germinate in. 

knowing this i would certainly give it a try 👍

[TropicsEnjoyer]

the clickbait got me

good luck with the seed anyhow.

[Maddox Gardening-youtube]

Just now, TropicsEnjoyer said:

the clickbait got me

good luck with the seed anyhow.

I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to clickbait anyone I looked it up and got mixed up. I mixed up coco de mer with another random type.

[Johnny Palmseed]

13 hours ago, Maddox Gardening-youtube said:

I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to clickbait anyone I looked it up and got mixed up. I mixed up coco de mer with another random type.

We know. We were just giving you some friendly jabs. The scientific name vs common name is an issue on many posts. Alexander palm is a good example. It is used for several very different palms. Whatever the case, you found something cool on a beach that traveled through the ocean to get to you. And it looks like it is a rare palm seed, although not the one we thought. Good luck with it.

[Jeff zone 8 N.C.]

Hope you try germination and report back if it sprouts or not. Thanks for posting.