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Cocos nucifera L.
Synonym | : | Cocos nucifera var. synphyllica |
Family | : | Arecaceae/Palmae |
Local name | : | English-Coconut Malayalam-Thengu |
Flowering and fruiting period | : | Throughout the year |
Distribution | : | Cultivated throughout the tropics |
Distribution in Kerala | : | All Districts |
Habitat | : | Cultivated |
IUCN Status | Least concerned | |
Uses | : | Wood is also suitable for furniture, household utensils and tool handles. Medicinal uses have been attributed to coconut. The roots are considered anti-pyretic and diuretic. Its decoctions are used against venereal diseases in Malay Peninsula while an infusion is used in Indonesia to treat dysentery |
Key botanical characters : Erect trees with annular petiolar scars. Leaves pinnatisect, ; leaflets reduplicate,base narrow, apex tapering, acute. Spadicesinterfoliar, long, panicled; Spathe oblong, woody.Flowers monoecious, subsessile. Male flowers: often paired, Sepals long, ovate. Petals long, ovate, woody, yellowish-brown.Stamens 6; pistillode short, 3-fid. Female flowers 1-3 per branch, basal, globose. Perianth-lobes 6; woody; outer lobes broadly obovate; inner lobes reniform, to 2 cm across.Ovary 3-celled; ovule 1 per cell; style short.Drupe long, ovoid or globose, trigonous; pericarp fibrous; endocarp stony.Seed coherent with the endocarp.  | ||
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