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Posted by ampa62 9 (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 9, 14 at 7:46

I found these seeds in my garden probably brought by birds.
Can you help me in their identification?
The photo shows the seed size and the comparison with a coffee bean.

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  • Posted by mark4321 10a CA Sunset 16/17 (My Page) on
    Wed, Jul 9, 14 at 13:57

They look like coffee beans.

EDIT: sorry I didn't read the post carefully enough, to see that you had considered coffee beans and included one in the photo.

I guess coffee beans are more flat on the side with the furrow...

Here is a link that might be useful: Coffee beans on Google Images

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  • Posted by mark4321 10a CA Sunset 16/17 (My Page) on
    Wed, Jul 9, 14 at 14:16

Here's a better guess. A palm of some sort. I suspect there are many species that look like this. I give a link to Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Phoenix canariensis seeds

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Thank you.

It really seems similar, including in the size.
I found dozens of these seeds in a small spot in my yard and I already found one palm tree about 100 m from here.
One of the seeds is already sprouting. Let's see what happens.

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3 weeks later look how it is growing. Almost 4 in. (10 cm)

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