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Thembili kiosk by a main road in Sri Lanka Red king coconut, a rare variety/form that has pink-color under epicarp.. King coconut (Cocos nucifera var aurantiaca) is a variety of coconut, native to Sri Lanka, where it is known as Thæmbili (Sinhala තැඹිලි), also found in India and Indonesia. [1]
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family and the only living species of the genus Cocos. [1] The term " coconut " (or the archaic " cocoanut ") [ 2 ] can refer to the whole coconut palm , the seed , or the fruit , which botanically is a drupe , not a nut .
Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, most notably the coconut (Cocos nucifera), juçara (Euterpe edulis), açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea), palmetto (Sabal spp.), and peach palm. Heart of palm may be eaten on its own, and often it is eaten in a salad.
Macrosporium cocos Melanconium sp. Mycosphaerella palmicola Periconiella cocoes Pseudoepicoccum cocos Phomopsis sp. Phyllosticta palmetto Ramularia necator. Lethal bole rot Marasmiellus cocophilus: Lixa grande Camarotella costaricensis, Coccostromopsis palmicola: Lixa pequeña Camarotella acrocomiae: Nut fall Fusarium verticillioides Graphium ...
It can reach about 30 centimetres (12 inches) long, and weigh up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds). The coco de mer, which produces a giant, dark brown seed, [4] has been protected by the government of the Seychelles because of its rarity [5] – the tree can grow up to 31 m (102 ft) tall, with leaves measuring 6 m (20 ft) long and 3.6 m (12 ft) wide.
Maypan is an F1 hybrid coconut palm that was developed by the Research Department of the Coconut Industry Board of Jamaica to be resistant to Lethal Yellowing disease. [1] It was created experimentally in 1962 by cross pollinating two varieties of Cocos nucifera and, after extensive disease exposure and yield performance trials, was named and released in 1974 when a suitable method of mass ...
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Macapuno also called coconut sport, is a naturally occurring coconut cultivar which has an abnormal development of the endosperm.The result of this abnormal development is a soft translucent jelly-like flesh that fills almost the entire central cavity of coconut seeds, with little to no coconut water.