What does the latest coconut tree look like?

Coconut tree is a large plant of palm family coconut genus, which is an important tropical woody oil crop. The famous tropical fruit coconut is the fruit of coconut tree. Its wide distribution is related to the fact that the fruit coconut can float thousands of kilometers in the sea with wind and waves and reproduce far away from the mother tree. More than 2,000 years ago,"Records of the Historian" recorded coconut, which has extremely high economic value. All parts of the whole plant have uses.

The trunk of coconut tree is straight, 15~30 meters high, single crown, neat shape. Leaves pinnately divided, 4 - 6 m long, lobes numerous, leathery, linear-lanceolate, 65 - 100 cm long, 3 - 4 cm wide, apex acuminate. Petiole stout, more than 1 m long. Inflorescences axillary, 1.5 - 2 m long, multi-branched. Nut obovate or subglobose, tip slightly trigonous, 15~25 cm long, endocarp bony, near the base has 3 germination holes, seed 1.

Coconut trees usually begin to bear fruit after 5~6 years, 15~18 years is the peak period, 40~80 fruit per plant, more than 100, economic life more than 80 years. The number of leaves produced per year varies with the age of the tree. It tends to increase with the age of the tree before the full bloom period, and decreases slightly after the full bloom period, but it remains constant. The number of bud sprouting was the most from May to June and the least from November to December. Inflorescences are exposed after 3.5 months after bud sprouting. Most flowers bloom from July to September. It takes 12 months from fertilization to fruit maturity.

Coconut trees originated in southeast asia, indonesia to the pacific islands, southern guangdong islands and leizhou peninsula, hainan, taiwan and southern yunnan tropical areas are cultivated. There are mainly three varieties of green coconut, yellow coconut and red coconut. In the long-term natural selection and artificial selection, many types and varieties have been formed. Now, it is often analyzed and identified from the perspective of cultivated varieties. The cultivated varieties can be divided into tall species, short species and hybrid species.

Coconut trees are evenly distributed in coastal areas with annual average temperature of 26~27℃, small annual temperature difference, annual rainfall of 1300~2300 mm, annual sunshine of more than 2000 hours and altitude below 50 meters. It is a tropical light-loving crop that grows well under conditions of high temperature, rainy, sunny and sea breeze. Suitable for growth in low-altitude areas, suitable for growth of the soil is marine alluvial soil and alluvial soil, followed by sandy loam, gravel soil, clay soil is the worst.

There are more than 360 kinds of comprehensive utilization products of coconut tree, which can produce different products and be fully utilized in different industries. It is a unique renewable, green and environmentally friendly resource in tropical areas. Coconut meat can be extracted oil, raw food, vegetables, can also be made into coconut milk, coconut milk, coconut shreds, coconut paste cans and coconut sugar, biscuits, coconut water can be used as a cool drink, coconut fiber can be made brush, carpet, cable, etc., coconut shell can be made into various crafts, high-grade activated carbon, trunk can be used as building materials, leaves can cover the roof or weaving, coconut tree is an excellent tree species for greening and beautifying the environment in tropical areas, coconut root can be used as medicine.