Coconut is common name for the fruit of a tree of the palm family. It's classified as Cocos nucifera. People usually call the tree coconut palm. Coconut palm tree grow well in thropical countries. They grow especially on sandy soils.
The trees can grow up to 30 m high. They have a single cylindrical trunk. At the top of the trunk, there is a crown of leaves. The leaves are long, about 3 to 4,5 m long.
The fruit grows in clusters. In one clusters there are about 5-20 coconuts. The fruit is oval and about 30 cm long. It has a thick husk and a hard shell. Inside the shell there is white oily flesh. Inside the shell there is also sweet fluid.
Coconut is high in sugar. It also contains a lot of fat, protein and vitamin. The young coconut water can be very refreshing drink which contains a lot of minerals.
Coconut palms are very useful plants. People can use every single inch of the tree. The dry coconut meat into copra. After that, they get can oil from it and use it for daily cooking or make it into soaps or candles. People also use the trunk to build houses. For the roof, they dry the leaves. People can also make rope and doormats from the coconut's husk.
Coconuts are usually propagated by seeds, but experts have been trying to clone coconuts or propagate them by tissue culture.
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