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==Uses==
{{Uses|ring Ring worms}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|candidiasisCandidiasis}}, {{Uses|psoriasisPsoriasis}}, {{Uses|skin Skin burns}}, {{Uses|sunburnsSunburns}}, {{Uses|toothacheToothache}}, {{Uses|dandruffDandruff}}, {{Uses|baldnessBaldness}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
Per 100 g, the kernel is reported to contain 36.3 g H2O 4.5 g protein, 41.6 g fat, 13.0 g total carbohydrate, 3.6 g fiber, 1.0 g ash, 10 mg Ca, 24 mg P, 1.7 mg Fe, and traces of beta-carotene.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=tengina Tengina kayi, tengu|ml=Thengu|sa=|ta=Tennai|te=kobbari Kobbari chettu|hi=Nariya|en=Coconut}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Madhura (Sweet)===Guna===Guru (Heavy), Snigda (unctuous)===Veerya===Sheeta (cold)===Vipaka===Madhura (Sweet)===Karma===Vata, Pitta===Prabhava===
==Habit==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|lanceolateLanceolate|The leaves, from 4 to 6 m long, are pinnate; they consist of linear-lanceolate, more or less recurved, rigid, bright green leaflets}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual||Yellow|6|female Female flowers are borne basally, male flowers at apex. Flowers bear lanceolate petals, 6 stamens and an ovary consisting of 3 connate carpelst}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|big Big as a man’s head|4-8 cm thick|mesocarp 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|smooth, grey-brownish epicarp|single}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|tropical Tropical seashores}}, {{Commonly seen|alluvial Alluvial plains}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Image:Cocos nucifera - Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.jpg|[[Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden]], [[USA]]File:Coconut tree (2094056434).jpg|LeavesFile:OdermennigCoconut inflorescense Pj DSC 1962.jpg|FlowersFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02Coconut flowers (5476099379).jpg|FlowersImageFile:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNTKing coconut in Kerala, India.BOTjpg|FruitsFile:Kokosovi orehi,16.200406.024.jpg|Fruits with husk removed
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Cocos_nucifera.html Chemistry]</ref> <ref name="puredue universityLeaf">[http://www.dipbot.unict.it/palms/descr01.html Botanical description]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/USER/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cocos+nucifera Cultivation details]</ref>
<ref name="LeafUses">[http://www.dipbotmedicalhealthguide.unict.itcom/palmsarticles/descr01coconut.html "coconut palm"htm Buko Health Benefits]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=276638 Cocos nucifera on missouri botanical garden]* [https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/11788 Cocos nucifera-Cookies on Invasive Species Compendium]* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671521/ Cocos nucifera (L.) (Arecaceae): A phytochemical and pharmacological review]* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Coconut.html Cocos nucifera on flowers of india]
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[[Category:Arecaceae]]