Twins are not only in zoological world, but in the botanical domain also. Here is a picture of arecanut twins. I took this picture from my land at Payyampally. Usually one tree grows from a single arecanut. But here, two stems came out of the same arecanut and now both growing together. Look at the similarity between the two arecanut trees. The rings as well as the spacing between the rings, height, alignment to the ground, everything seems to be identical. Can we call these trees as identical twins? Similar kinds of wonders are always there in the botanical world. I remember, seeing a picture of a coconut tree with 12 branches! I got it as a forward mail. The main branch diverted to 4 identical braches and each of the 4 branches diverted to 3 branches with head.
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