Coconut palms are real giants: 20 to 25 metres in height is totally normal. So in many tropical countries they are also called the “tree of the sky”. For the coconut harvesters it is much less practical. The taller the palm, the more laborious, dangerous and expensive it is to collect the coconuts. In many countries monkeys are trained and sent up the palms to harvest the coconuts. It is easier with low-growing coconut palm cultivars – they exist too.

Tall palms, low palms – the coconuts are all equally good …