SyulangToday is world #CoconutDay 🥥🌴
This might seem random, but I have a strong sense of reverence and respect cocos nucifera. They sustain the life of countless humans and others, and without them, many communities (human and many others alike) in the Pacific and Indian oceans could never have survived and flourished. Entire cultures and traditions are shaped by this ultimate tree of life. Entire food webs and ecosystems. Who knows for sure how many species of every type imaginable rely on her and all that she does? Entire islands would never have existed. Entire peoples would never have existed.
She deserves to be seen as sacred, yet here in my home, like me, she has an ambiguous standing. Like in so many places around the worlds oceans, she is not truly native, but not invasive either - belonging and bringing her benefits to her home environment as best she can. I see me in nucifera, and nucifera in me.
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