When a coconut palm has reached its prime and is in an ideal location, it can ripen up to 200 coconuts per year. It can then do this for between 15 and 60 years. After a maximum of 80 years it doesn’t want to work any longer and fruit production stops. Retired coconut palms enjoy a few more years of sun and sand. Until they reach the end of their lifespan at 100 to 120 years.

The coconut palms are at their most productive when they are between 20 and 50 years old …