Where do coconuts come from?

Coconut is a tall treelike plant belonging to the palm family coconut. It is an important tropical woody oil crop with high economic value. All parts of the plant have uses, can produce different products, and are fully utilized in different industries. China's Historical Records have recorded coconuts more than 2000 years ago. Let's take a look at the origin of coconuts.

Where are the coconuts from?

Coconut is native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia to the Pacific Islands, mainly distributed in Asia, Africa and Latin America between 23 °S ~ 23 °N, with the most in the equatorial coastal area, mainly in the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and other countries. It is cultivated in the islands of southern Guangdong, Leizhou Peninsula, Hainan, Taiwan and southern Yunnan.

The producing environment of coconut

The coconut is uniformly distributed in the coastal areas with an average annual temperature of 2627 ℃, a small annual temperature difference and an annual rainfall of 1300 to 2300mm, with annual light of more than 2000 hours and an altitude of less than 50 meters. It is a tropical light-loving crop, which grows well under the conditions of high temperature, rainy, sufficient sunshine and sea breeze. It is suitable to grow at low altitude, and the suitable soil for growth is marine alluvial soil and riparian alluvial soil, followed by sandy loam, gravel and clay.

Cultivation value of coconut

1. Nutritional value: coconut milk and coconut meat contain a lot of protein, fructose, glucose, sucrose, fat, vitamin B1, vitamin E, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, magnesium and so on. In every 100 grams of coconut energy reached more than 900 kilojoules, protein 4 grams, fat 12 grams, dietary fiber 4 grams, in addition to a variety of trace elements, carbohydrate content is also very rich.

2, medicinal value: coconut taste sweet, flat, into the stomach, spleen, large intestine meridian, the pulp has the effect of tonifying deficiency and strength, replenishing qi and dispelling wind, eliminating chancre and killing insects, long-term eating can make people's face moist, benefit people's strength and tolerate hunger, and treat children with worms and ginger fascioliasis. Coconut water has the effect of nourishing, clearing heat and relieving thirst. It mainly treats thirst caused by summer heat and insufficient body fluid. Coconut shell oil for ringworm and bayberry sore.

3. Economic value: there are more than 360 kinds of comprehensive utilization products of coconut, which have extremely high economic value, and all parts of the plant have uses. Coconut can produce different products and are fully utilized in different industries. It is a unique renewable, green and environment-friendly resource in the tropics.