Christophene

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This is getting linguistically fascinating.

Cho cho sounds almost like 'co co' and there is a fruit/nut in the Seychelles called 'co co de mer'. It looks like female anatomy and has supposed aphrodisiac properties. We visited the Valley of ComCo de Mer when in the Seychelles, and I can see how the connection was made. Didn't taste one though.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=coco+ ... rb8xCHy7IM:

We first visited The Seychelles by ship, before the airport opened, it was truly fascinating and we felt privileged to visit before tourism really started. There were no restrictions then about collecting shells, or coco de mer, or vanilla pods!
However we have been back several times since, and now there are real improvements in caring for the environment. Of course we feel too many hotels have been built really, but it is still possible to get away from it all on islands away from Mahe.