I think the author of the article missed that this punchline talks about the giant floating seed of a coastal species of plant, that spreads itself by drifting out into the open sea, following the sea currents and eventually finding new islands to colonize. In other words: that coconuts do, in fact, migrate.
>Coconuts grew in their native Maldives, in India, and perhaps parts of western Africa and the Middle East
None of the countries mentioned have coconut as native, its originated from the Malay-Polynesia (East Indies) archipelago area. The common name for coconut from Philipines to Hawaiiis across the pacific island nyiur/niu.
Fun fact, coconut name is a misnomer and it's originated from the Potugese, one of the first European in contact with coconut who thought it's form of nut but actually it belongs to drupe or stone fruit family [1]. Sepcifically coconut is from the palm family and its fruit is mainly the kernel. Oil palm has similar kernel fruit but it's native to Africa.
[1] Nightmare Fruit: How the Coconut Got Its Name.
Not to pick nits, but the evidence of coconuts in England that are cited in this article date back only to around the 14th century, while traditions about a "King Arthur" generally describe him as reigning in the 5th to 6th centuries.
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[ 0.19 ms ] story [ 17.2 ms ] threadI think the author of the article missed that this punchline talks about the giant floating seed of a coastal species of plant, that spreads itself by drifting out into the open sea, following the sea currents and eventually finding new islands to colonize. In other words: that coconuts do, in fact, migrate.
None of the countries mentioned have coconut as native, its originated from the Malay-Polynesia (East Indies) archipelago area. The common name for coconut from Philipines to Hawaiiis across the pacific island nyiur/niu.
Fun fact, coconut name is a misnomer and it's originated from the Potugese, one of the first European in contact with coconut who thought it's form of nut but actually it belongs to drupe or stone fruit family [1]. Sepcifically coconut is from the palm family and its fruit is mainly the kernel. Oil palm has similar kernel fruit but it's native to Africa.
[1] Nightmare Fruit: How the Coconut Got Its Name.
https://medium.com/@sixtybolts/nightmare-fruit-how-the-cocon...
Back home in Camelot my trusty servant Patsy swears by them.