Cocos nucifera
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The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera L.), is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only species classified in the genus Cocos.
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 Manila, Philippines |
 Martinique |
 Ko Phangan, Thailand |
 Venezuela |
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 coconut flower |
 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |
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 Cutting a tender coconut |
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 From Ganesh festival in Paris |
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 Plantation in Chumphon, Thailand, aftermath of typhoon Gay |
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 Extracting the coir (fibre from the husk) |
 Making a rug from coconut fibre |
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 Production of copra |
 "Coconut drink" |
 Hardened coconut oil - 100% coconut-fat |
 Ampas santan |
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 Brown sugar |
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 Coconut palm in Tuol Sleng, Cambodia |
 Thailand |
 Fiji sunset |
 Coconut palm with trunk branching out into 2 |
 Mexico |
 Cuba |
 Ko War Ta Lap island |
 Gambia |
 Mexico |
 Thailand |
 Coconut palms in Singapore |
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Coconut palms in Puerto de Tazacorte, Canary Islands |
