It is possible to grow a coconut palm from a coconut, if it is an unhusked coconut.
The ones usually sold as food have had their tough fibrous outer coating removed.
The hairy kernel of Cocos nucifera encloses an insignificant embryo amid a large endosperm of meat and liquid.
An unhusked coconut, still filled with milk, will sprout if the seed is buried horizontally and kept wet.
Germination may take months.
Did you know coconut comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word coco, which means “monkey face.” explorers found a resemblance to a monkey’s face in the three round markings found at the base of the coconut.