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Desert oasis Cluster of ripe coconuts growing on a coconut palm tree with green fronds, viewed from below against a blue sky on Christmas Island, Kiribati. Large, dark brown, double-lobed Coco de Mer (Lodoicea maldivica) palm fruit with a textured surface, resting on a wooden surface in the Seychelles islands. Acai palm Cluster of ripe, reddish-orange oil palm fruits (Elaeis guineensis) with dark tips, tightly packed together.
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Desert oasis
Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in the Sahara desert.
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Coconut palm
Coconuts hanging from the top of a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera).
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Coco de mer
Known as coco de mer, or double coconut, the seed of the palm Lodoicea maldivica is...
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Acai palm
Ripening fruits dangling from an acai palm (Euterpe oleracea).
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Oil palm fruits
A close-up of the fruits of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).
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