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[[File:තැඹිලි විකිනීම.jpg|thumb|right|"Tender coconut"]]
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Dried FolaigeLeaves}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herbRoots}}, {{Parts Used|stems}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=tengina kayi, tengu|ml=Thengu|sa=|ta=Tennai|te=kobbari chettu|hi=Nariya|en=AgrimonyCoconut}}
==Habit==
{{Habit|HerbTree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|lanceolate|The leaves , from 4 to 6 m long, are divided into 3pinnate; they consist of linear-6 toothed leafletslanceolate, more or less recurved, rigid, with smaller bright green leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> The inflorescences, arising at leaf axils and enveloped by a carinate spathe, are unbranched spadices; female flowers are borne basally, male flowers at apex. Flowers bear lanceolate petals, 6 stamens and an ovary consisting of 3 connate carpels. Cross pollination, either anemophilous or entomophilous, occurs. Its fruit, as big as a man’s head and 1-2 kg in weight, is a drupe with a thin, smooth, grey-brownish epicarp, a fibrous, 4-8 cm thick, mesocarp and a woody endocarp; as it is rather light, it can be carried long distances by water while keeping its germinability for a long time. Inside it contains one seed, rich in reserve substances located in the endosperm which is partly liquid (coconut milk), partly solid (flesh). When its embryo germinates, its radicle breaks through one of the three germinating pores, visible from the outside as well.
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-206|female flowers are borne basally, male flowers at apex. Flowers Season is June - Augustbear lanceolate petals, 6 stamens and an ovary consisting of 3 connate carpelst}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|big as a man’s head|7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) -8 cm thick|mesocarp and a woody endocarp; as it is rather light, it can be carried long distances by water while keeping its germinability for a long pometime|clearly grooved lengthwisesmooth, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairsgrey-brownish epicarp|single}}
===Other features===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslandstropical seashores}}, {{Commonly seen|meadowsalluvial plains}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirecthort.compurdue.edu/sciencenewcrop/articleduke_energy/pii/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub Cocos_nucifera.html "sciencedirectpuredue university"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226161459/http://www.wildflowers-guidedipbot.comunict.it/palms/39-agrimonydescr01.html "wayback machinecoconut palm"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria Coconuts grow well in lowland tropical regions as far as 26° north and south of the Equator and up to a maximum elevation of around 1,000 metres "practical palnts"]</ref>
</references>
