The fruit from this tree look like long sausages, and can be up to 60cm long and 10 cm wide.
In Africa they are hollowed out leaving the tough skin as a shell.
What could they be used for?
Have you considered?
Some traditional African uses of the hollowed out sausage shape fruits
include -
baby rattles
water containers
musical maracas
Double coconut Lodoicea maldivica
This huge double coconut is on display in the Museum of Economic Botany. This species has the largest seeds in the plant kingdom. A double coconut can weigh as much as 15-30 kilograms.
Why would a tree grow seeds that are so big?
Have you considered?
The massive size of the seed may allow it to store a lot of food, which is needed
for a long germination time.
Cacao Theobroma cacao
The pods from this small tree contain 20 to 60 seeds, known as cacao beans. Cacao beans are used to make chocolate!
What could they be used for?
