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    Coconut - Wikipedia

    Coconuts can be broadly divided into two fruit types – the ancestral niu kafa form with a thick-husked, angular fruit, and the niu vai form with a thin-husked, spherical fruit with a higher proportion of endosperm. The terms are derived from the Samoan language and was adopted into scientific usage by Harries (1978). … See more

    The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, the See more

    Cocos nucifera is a large palm, growing up to 30 metres (100 feet) tall, with pinnate leaves 4–6 m (13–20 ft) long, and pinnae 60–90 centimetres (2–3 ft) long; old leaves break away cleanly, leaving the trunk smooth. On fertile soil, a tall coconut palm tree can yield up to 75 See more

    Coconuts have a nearly cosmopolitan distribution due to human cultivation and dispersal. However, their original distribution was in the See more

    In 2022, world production of coconuts was 62 million tonnes, led by Indonesia, India, and the Philippines, with 73% combined of the total (table).
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    Coconut palms are normally cultivated in hot and wet tropical … See more

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    The evolutionary history and fossil distribution of Cocos nucifera and other members of the tribe Cocoseae is more ambiguous than modern-day dispersal and distribution, with its ultimate origin and pre-human dispersal … See more

    Coconuts are susceptible to the phytoplasma disease, lethal yellowing. One recently selected cultivar, the 'Maypan', has been bred for resistance to this disease. … See more

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    Coconut oil is increasingly used in the food industry. Proteins from coconut may cause allergic reactions, … See more

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