Don’t know if it’s the same, but if you cut the top of a pine tree, it will continue to grow, sprouting two tops.
Maybe the coconut tree was cut or damaged at the top, causing the divided growth.
It says it’s rare, but how rare is it really?
Don’t know if it’s the same, but if you cut the top of a pine tree, it will continue to grow, sprouting two tops.
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“Topping” a Palm will kill it...
The researcher stated that multiple heads sometimes occur “Such branching is sometimes a result of an insect attack or falling palm frond, but in this case there are no signs of damage, meaning the branching could be genetic.”
As another poster has stated if this is genetic that tree is worth much more than the asking price... In the Philippines for instance coconuts are protected trees and you can be jailed for cutting down even a dead one... takes a lot of coconuts to produce that oil...