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Plant Name: |
COCOS NUCIFERA |
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Description:
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Large palm with swollen, tapered base, an often-leaning grey trunk, and pinnate, bright green leaves, 4-6m long, with many linear leaflets. Small, bowl-shaped, fragrant, cream to yellow flowers are borne at intervals throughout the year, followed by ovoid fruit, each with a green to ochre-yellow or orange-red exterior covering a fibrous brown husk. |
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SYNOPSIS | ||||
Mature Size / Spread / Form | 20-30m / Leaning single trunk | |||
Foliage Color | Yellow green / Yellow | |||
Growth Rate | Fast | |||
Sunlight tolerance | High | |||
Wind tolerance | High | |||
Salinity tolerance | High | |||
Drought tolerance | Medium | |||
Family name | ARACACEAE / PALMAE |