Worth knowing
Seychelles
The coco de mer palm grows wild only on the islands of Praslin and Curieuse. Its seed can weigh as much as 25 kg, and the fruit takes six or seven years to ripen.
Where its story happens
Vallée de Mai, Praslin, at 4.33°S, 55.74°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about the Seychelles
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Seychelles, a scatter of islands in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar. See the Seychelles on a map.
- It is made up of 115 islands, and its capital, Victoria, is on the main one, Mahé.
- It is the smallest country in Africa, both in area and in population.
- One of its atolls is home to about 100,000 giant tortoises, more than anywhere else on Earth.
- The largest seed in the plant kingdom grows wild only here, on palms found on just two small islands.