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Coconut palm leaves. 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. [6]
Coconut is the partially edible seed of the fruit of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera). [37] Coir is a coarse, water-resistant fiber extracted from the outer shell of coconuts, used in doormats, brushes, mattresses, and ropes. [38] Some indigenous groups living in palm-rich areas use palms to make many of their necessary items and food.
Coconut oil is a white solid fat below around 25 °C (77 °F), and a clear thin liquid oil at higher temperatures. Unrefined varieties have a distinct coconut aroma. [2] Coconut oil is used as a food oil, and in industrial applications for cosmetics and detergent production. [1] [2] The oil is rich in medium-chain fatty acids. [3]
The Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) — cultivation of the tree, and its "fruit" and other products. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out ...
The species was formerly known as the Maldive coconut. Its scientific name, Lodoicea maldivica , originated before the 18th century when the Seychelles were uninhabited. In centuries past, the fruits that fell from the trees and ended up in the sea would be carried away eastwards by the prevailing sea currents.
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Ramón López Irizarry [note 1] (July 25, 1897 – October 8, 1982) was an educator and scientist who invented an easier way to extract the cream from coconut pulp, and developed the original formula of Coco López.
Small coconut sprout from the Philippines. Sprouted coconuts have a variety of names in countries where coconuts are native or cultivated. They are also known as vara in Fijian; tumbong ng niyog, buwá ng niyog or tubo ng niyog in Filipino; iho or lolo in Hawaiian; morund in Konkani; tumbong kelapa in Malaysian and Indonesian; pongu in Malayalam; niu tupu in Niuean; oʻo in Samoan; manzanas de ...