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Rh whatever to do with cocoa or the cacao, being the fruit of a palm in every way distinct from it, as will be seen from the accompanying illustration.

The name "coco" is also applied to another



quite distinct fruit, the coco-de-mer, or "sea-coco," somewhat resembling a coco-nut in its pod, but weighing about 28 lbs., and likewise growing on a lofty tree; its habitat is the Seychelles Islands. Sometimes also, confusion arises between the cacao and the coca or cuca,