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Cocos nucifera - Coconut tree

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Tender coconut

The Cocos nucifera is a member of the family Arecaceae. The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut. The spelling coconut is an archaic form of the word.

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.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Tengina kayi, tengu
Hindi Nariya
Malayalam Thengu
Tamil Tennai
Telugu Kobbari chettu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English 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

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Lanceolate The leaves, from 4 to 6 m long, are pinnate; they consist of linear-lanceolate, more or less recurved, rigid, bright green leaflets

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual Yellow 6 Female flowers are borne basally, male flowers at apex. Flowers bear lanceolate petals, 6 stamens and an ovary consisting of 3 connate carpelst

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Big as a man’s head 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 smooth, grey-brownish epicarp single {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

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.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

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