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Mexico, Americas
Roberto López climbs a palm tree to retrieve coconuts in San Francisco in Nayarit, Mexico. López explains that coconut palms, which take around 10 years to produce fruit, are the only trees with a fruit that provides both water and food.
![In Mexico, Versatile Coconuts Are Worth the Wait](https://gpjs3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/26120557/GPJNews_Mexico_MP_FP_CoconutPalms_048_web.jpg)