Coconut palm facts for kids
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The coconut palm is a palm tree in the family Arecaceae (palm family). It is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall. It has leaves that are 4–6 m long. The term coconut refers to the fruit of the coconut palm. The coconut tree is a monocot.
There are many coconut palms on the coasts of India and Bangladesh. People of this area use coconut milk in cooking. Women use coconut oil as oil for their hair. The coconut's shell is relatively hard, but can be broken. Because its shell is hard, it can be used as an ingredient to make craftworks.
Coconut milk is also used in many drinks. Coconut oil is often in food and soaps. People in Sri Lanka use coconut flowers for wedding celebrations. In the Maldives it is the National tree.
A coconut is a large nut. Coconuts grow in tropical countries. The flesh of a coconut is white and can be eaten raw or used in cooking. It is used in many of the foods we eat for flavour. It is native to tropical areas.
Seed dispersal
Coconuts floats on water and can float to another island and germinate there. It has often been noted that coconuts can travel 110 days, or 3000 miles, by sea and still be able to germinate.
Images for kids
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Coconut flowers
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Dehusked coconut shells from Ivory Coast showing the face-like markings.
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A cut coconut shell
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The range of the natural habitat of the coconut palm tree delineated by the red line (based on information in Werth 1933, slightly modified by Niklas Jonsson)
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Fossil Cocos zeylanica from the Miocene of New Zealand, 4 cm long.
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Manual harvesting of coconuts
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Coconut tree in Kannur Beach, India
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Coconut germinating on Punalu'u Beach, Island of Hawaii
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Fallen immature nuts, Thrissur, Kerala, India
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Coconuts being sold on a street in India
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Coconut plucking in Kerala, India
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Green coconut fruit strands on the tree are featured on each Maldivian rufiyaa banknote
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Coconut trees are among the most common sights throughout Kerala
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Coconut trees line the beaches and corniches of Oman.
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Coconut trees are used for landscaping along a coastal road in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
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Green coconuts
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Coconut water drink
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An 1890 newspaper advertisement showing tin of dried coconut
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Coconut milk (kakang gata) from 15 coconuts (Philippines)
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Harvesting coconuts in the Philippines is done by workers who climb the trees using notches cut into the trunk.
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From left to right: grated, fresh, mature coconut meat; seed interior; oil, rare two-eyed coconut shell; and more grated meat (Philippines)
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Coconuts drying before being processed into copra in the Solomon Islands
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A wall made from coconut husks
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Extracting the fiber from the husk (Sri Lanka)
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Toys from coconut leaves
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Coconut buttons in Dongjiao Town, Hainan, China
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The base of an old coconut palm
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Coconut Palace, Manila, Philippines, built entirely out of coconut and local materials
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Making a rug from coconut fiber
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King Coconut in Sri Lanka
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