What is a coconut?

Coconut (scientific name: coconut ) is a plant of Palmae and Coconut. The plant is tall and tree-shaped, with a height of 15-30m. Stems are stout, with annular leaf scars, thickened at the base, and often with tufted small roots. Leaves pinnately divided, 3-4 meters long. Inflorescence axillary, long 1.5-2 m, much branched; Sepals are wide and round, about 2.5 cm wide, and petals are similar to sepals, but smaller. The fruit is ovoid or nearly spherical, slightly triangular at the top, about 15-25 cm long, with thin exocarp, thick fibrous mesocarp and hard endocarp. The flowering and fruiting period is mainly in autumn.

Coconuts are distributed from Indonesia to Pacific islands, Asia and southeastern China. Mainly distributed in 23° s-23° n, mostly distributed in Africa, Latin America, Asia and equatorial coastal areas. Coconut is mainly produced in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India and the Philippines. There is a small amount of cultivation in tropical areas such as Hainan Province, Taiwan Province Province, southern Yunnan, southern Guangdong Islands and Leizhou Peninsula, among which Hainan Province accounts for 99% of China's total cultivation area. [5] Coconut is a tropical crop, which is suitable for growing in hot and rainy low-altitude hot and humid areas. The optimum temperature is 26-27℃, the annual average temperature is above 24-25℃, the temperature difference is small, there is no frost all year round, the sunshine is sufficient, and the annual rainfall is above 1500-2000 mm, which is evenly distributed.