The nuts that were found in the ocean and on the beaches no longer had a husk, and resembled the dismembered lower part of a woman’s body, including the buttocks. This association is reflected in one of the plant’s archaic botanical names, Lodoicea callipyge Comm. ex J. St.-Hil., in which callipyge is from the Greek words meaning “beautiful rump”. Historically these floating “beautiful rumps” were collected and sold for a fortune in Arabia and in Europe.

I. Like. Coco de mer and I cannot lie! You botanists can’t deny!