Cocos nucifera

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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  Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, USA

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  Martinique, France

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  Cuba

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  Ko Phangan, Thailand

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  Singapore

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  Mexico

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  Venezuela

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  Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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  Trunk branching out into 2

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  Fiji sunset

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  Thailand

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  Puerto de Tazacorte, Canary Islands, Spain

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  Tuol Sleng, Cambodia

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  Gambia

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  Aswan Botanical Garden, Kitchener's Island, Aswan, Egypt

stipe

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  Thailand

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nuts

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  Open coconut.

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  Cutting a tender coconut.

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  From Ganesh festival in Paris.

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  Ivory Coastian coconut.

leaves

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  Mexico

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  Ko War Ta Lap island

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  Manila, Philippines

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uses

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  Extracting the coir (fibre from the husk)

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  Making a rug from coconut fibre

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  Production of copra

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  "Coconut drink"

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  Hardened coconut oil - 100% coconut-fat

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  Ampas santan

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  Brown sugar