Why do coconut palm trees produce coconuts?

Question

From my understanding a lot of fruit trees produce fruits to allow other animals to eat them poop seeds and make new trees. Trees that don’t do this often have a butter or poor yeild to shy away from this. What is the coconut palm tree’s benefit in producing coconuts?

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Answer 1

The coconut can float. And since it wont be eaten it is more likely to reach the ocean. Through the ocean it can reach new islands and grow there. There usually is no animal that could carry a tree fruit that far, so the coconut got creative