Coconut Tree (Cocos Nucifera)

Hindi Name – Nariyal

Sanskrit Name –  Kalpa Vriksha 

Botanical Name – Cocos Nucifera

The coconut tree is a tall tree, & the fruit hangs out up right at the height in mid of the air. It is a tropical fruit. Coconut can be seen in the coastal areas. It has great commercial value, so it cultivated across the world. It has lots of varieties & sizes.  Coconut tree belongs to the palm family (Arecaceae). Coconut is from the South Asian region.

Coconut tree attains the height of fifty to sixty feet, diameter fifteen to eighteen inches.  Its trunk is straight & leaves fall leaving a clean mark around the trunk. 

The coconut tree bark color is dark brown & horizontal marks in it. Coconut tree lives around eighty years.

Coconut tree leaves are five to six meters long & up to one meter wide. Leaves make a crown at the top.  Leaves are green in color & shed away with time. In Southern Indian villages coconut leaves are used to make huts. Coconut is grown by the coconut itself, the seed sprout in five to six months. Coconut start to fruit within six to seven years of cultivation. Coconut prefers hot weather to grow. 

Coconut tree flowers are in kind of bunches, & yellow in color takes around one full year to ripe. Coconut tree gets mature to fully in fifteen years period.

Be coconut is a nut but it is a fruit. It has a hard shell & below the shell, there is a milky white layer it has rich fiber. 

Coconut is oval-shaped & cover with fiber husk beneath it is a shell. Coconut is good for health, it is consumed raw. Coconut milk is used for various purposes: used as milk, used in sauces & curries.

Coconut oil retrieved from it which very beneficial for the health & used for cooking, used to nourish skin, have many medicinal properties too, oil is used for many ayurvedic health therapies, oil is good for hair growth. Coconut oil contains fatty acids which promote cardiac health,  & increase good cholesterol. 

  

Coconut water is good for digestion & improves appetite. It also regulates the blood pressure in the body.

Coconut tree gives food, drink, shelter & even provide the raw material for domestic use. Yarn from coconut & sticks from leaves.

Kerla is the largest coconut-producing state in India.