Scientific Name :
Cocos nucifera L.
Synonym :
Calappa nucifera (L.) Kuntze
Cocos indica Royle
Common Name : Coconut, Nariyal, Naral
Plant Family : Arecaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : January to December
Flower Colour : Greenish
Description : Height: Upto 50 m
Stem: Erect, tall, rough
Leaves: Linear, lanceolate, forms crow at the top
Flowers: Male flowers small, female flowers large, male flower with 3 sepals, 3 petals and 6 stamens, female flower with 3 seplas, 3 petals, ovary tricarpellary, spathe boat shaped
Inflorescence: Spadix
Fruits: Drupe, large, fibrous, obovoid, endosperm is coconut milk
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : HN, JM
Distribution Range : Central Malesia to SW. Pacific.
Uses : All parts of plants is highly valuable as fibre, oil, drink, food etc
