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Provides scientific information and links to peer-reviewed papers, research articles, theses, books, abstracts, and other scholarly literature on coconuts (Cocos nucifera, Arecaceae).
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The coconut is found along tropical seashores around the world, and in some areas it is cultivated far inland. It provides man with food, drink, fuel oil, and many other products. There are about 8.5 million acres of coconuts, of which 2.45 million are in the Philippines, 1.59 in India, 1.
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Google PR: definition of the term 'coconut': large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: 163 Cocos nucifera L., Coconut palm Serverie E Spandrel 4
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Enlarge Description Coconut Cup with Cover, ca. 1533 34 Hans van Amsterdam (Low Countries, 's Hertogenbosch, recorded 1535 65) Silver gilt, coconut (Cocos nucifera); H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm), Diam. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: SUOMEKSI PÅ SVENSKA IN ENGLISH Homepage Food Foods In alphabetical order By ingredient class By food usage class Special diets Most popular Foodbasket Components In alphabetical order Most and least By food usage class Information FAQ Help Links References For companies National Public Health
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Climatic conditions: The coconut is a tropical plant, and grows in temperatures between 20oC and 25oC, but the best temperature is 27oC. It is usually found growing along the coastline. Origin: The coconut is native to southern Brazil and Paraguay where wild relatives occur.
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The main objectives of the study are to address questions about the monophyly of the five subtribes of Cocoeae; the closest relatives of Cocos nucifera; and the evolution of endocarps.
Details Hits: 1 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: A solitary palm with a stout trunk particularly at the base, it is rarely vertical, with long pinnate arching leaves at the top. Old leaves are regularly shed. The large fruits have a fibrous husk, rarely less than 20 cm long.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Glomerella cingulata (Stonem.) Spaulding & Schrenk (anomorph: Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes Penz.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Coconut Robert E. Paull1 and Saichol Ketsa2 1 Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 2 Department of Horticulture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand Scientific Name and Introduction: Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.
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This palm has a leaning slender trunk and a heavy crown of pinnate foliage. It prefers sunshine, tolerates salt, and in warm areas, is used extensively as a landscape plant. It will freeze at 29°F, though some have been known to survive 25°F.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: EXCERPT Product Requirements TONGA LAST UPDATED: 12/31/96 COCOS NUCIFERA (Coconut) FRUIT PLANTS SEEDS FRUIT plant part Fruits are prohibited. Do not certify unless an IP is presented. PLANTS plant part Plants are prohibited. Do not certify unless an IP is presented. SEEDS plant part Seeds
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Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Leaf: Alternate, pinnately compound, up to 18 feet long; individual leaflets, lance shaped and 2 to 3 feet long, dark green, arching, the leaf bases wrapped by a burlap-like husk.
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If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Leaf: Alternate, pinnately compound, up to 18 feet long; individual leaflets, lance shaped and 2 to 3 feet long, dark green, arching, the leaf bases wrapped by a burlap-like husk.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Cocos nucifera L. Common Names Coco palm, Coconut, Coconut palm, Cocotero Description Brown fibrous husk, oily fibrous white flesh, milky white liquid, round. Origin Mexico, Tahiti Comments Host for species of mealybugs, beetles (Curculionidae), and scales. Return to the Agricultural ID Aid
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Around the sandy tropical beaches of the world are found groves of the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera (Family Arecaceae). The cococut fruit is a very large drupe that floats on seawater and thereby was been carried to distant sandy beaches.
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The origin of the coconut is virtually unknown. However, its name was recorded in Sanskrit in early history. The coconut became known to the western world in the 6th century. It was imported into Egypt from the Indian Ocean.
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