A coconut palm tree is probably the most well known of the palms. The botanical name is cocos nucifera. Although there are hundreds of varieties of coconut trees in terms of height they can be classified in to the tall variety and the dwarf variety. The dwarf tree grows up to 6 meters and the tall tree can grow up to an incredible 30 meters!
A Coconut tree requires humidity and a stable temperature to bloom. The trunk of a coconut palm is one to two feet in diameter. It has no branches but has crowns of leaves, which resembles a bunch of feathers with many segments and are usually about 3 meters to 3 meters long.
You will find wild coconut trees on tropical seacoasts. When coconuts ripen, they fall from the tree and are often washed out to sea. This is one of the ways coconut trees propagate. When the coconuts are in contact with salty water they do not sprout but when the reach land with fresh water it starts to sprout. After about 6-10 years the tree will begin to bear fruit. Hybrid varieties these days could start producing coconuts much earlier.
A coconut palm tree could produce up to 200 coconuts a year, but the average is about 40 coconuts.
A coconut palm tree could produce up to 200 coconuts a year, but the average is about 40 coconuts.
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