Palms

Plant Name:

COCOS NUCIFERA

Description:

 

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.

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