Coconut stem – Tronc ou stipe de cocotier

Botanically, the coconut palm is not a tree since there is no bark, no branches, or secondary growth. A coconut palm is a woody perennial monocotyledon with the trunk being the stem, so a kind of giant grass!

  1. CSH. Multi-headed palms - Cocotiers à plusieurs troncs
  2. CSU. Curved coconut palms - Cocotier courbés
  3. CSC. Climbing the palm - Grimper au cocotier
  4. CSI. Utilitarian items - Objets utilitaires
  5. CSJ. Wood jewellery - Bijouterie
  6. CSA. Wood Carving - Sculpture en bois de cocotier
For illustrating this section, we can produce on request at least seven large size HD poster (up to 180x100 cm in size). These posters should be adapted to each country, on a case-by-case basis, in order to prominently feature locally produced coconut products, and to promote the marketing of these local products. It is also possible to buy or rent items from the personal collection of Dr R. Bourdeix.





    A poster, or even two, can show how the trunk develops, explain its permanent growth although it decreases over time, show the different forms of trunks according to the varietal types, explain what the leaf scars it bears correspond to, illustrate how the trunks sometimes become covered with a beautifully colored layer of lichen, fungi and epiphytes.



    Coconut wood provides an aesthetic, durable and environmentally friendly substitute for hardwood. It has properties comparable to other types of wood that we are used to using. Strict laws on the harvesting and logging of rainforest trees have significantly affected the timber industry. This has resulted in the scarcity of hardwood supply in the market. For this reason, wood suppliers may use coir wood to support the constant demand. A poster can be dedicated specifically to coconut wood, showing the different qualities of the wood and how the density of the wood varies, softer in the heart of the trunk and in its youngest parts. This poster can possibly be illustrated by objects made from coconut wood, such as furniture, parquet floors, sculptures, jewellery. But each of these types of objects can also be described separately in a poster.


    There are rare and extraordinary coconut trees whose trunk is divided into several branches, which will fascinate the public. A famous coconut tree that existed in the Cook Islands, called "Seven in One", and whose trunks have naturally moved over time, can be the subject of a poster on its own. Similarly, certain trunks bend in volutes extraordinary and amusing, and provide the subject of an attractive poster.


    Holey coconut palms
    People from Cabo del Gado, Northern Mozambique, dig on purpose huge holes into the stems of some of their coconut palms. They do not do it for all the coconut palms. In the villages, and along the beach, about one coconut palm on ten to twenty is punched. They carefully select the palms to be punched...
    It took me a long time to understand why...