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Not considered a true tree, it has no bark or branches, but rather is one large stem, slightly larger at the bottom, topped with a growth of large leaves called fronds. When mature, a coconut palm can reach 60 feet in height and its feather shaped leaves grow 18 feet long and 4 feet wide. The spineless stalks add another 3 to 5 feet to the overall length. The roots embed themselves at least 60 inches into the soil and have a high salt tolerance.
Both male and female flowers exist on the same coconut palm, usually when the plant is between 4 to 6 years old. Sheaths, shaped much like long, thin canoes appear among the leaves, measuring between 2 and 3 feet long. Each sheath grows branchlets, which hold the flowers. The small yellow male flowers are at the ends of these mini-branches. The female flowers, also yellow but larger, grow at the base of the branchlets.
Once pollinated, the resulting coconut fruit grows in clusters, half hidden among the fronds. A coconut is classified as a drupe, a fruit that encases its seed in a hard, stone-like covering. The coconut has three layers. The exocarp is smooth and green. The mesocarp is fibrous, giving the coconut a shaggy appearance. These two layers are usually missing from the coconuts you find in the market. The third layer is the endocarp, and is the brown, bark-like covering surrounding the rich white coconut meat and sweet coconut juice. Coconuts are oval shaped and grow up to 15 inches in length and 12 inches in width.
Coconuts fall from the palm when ripe and, if conditions are right, will germinate where they land. The several layers of protection for the embryonic plant inside the coconut make it possible for the fruit to drift for several miles over open ocean and then wash ashore to germinate on a distant bit of land. The embryo is embedded in the coconut meat, or the endosperm. When it is ready to germinate, the new plant grows through a germination pore, a tiny hole at one end of the coconut.
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What type of plant is a coconut?
coconut is a fruit. It is grown on coconut tree.
What type of plant is the palm tree?
Coconut palm is the main type of palm tree.
What is a coconut palm?
a palm tree that produces coconuts.
What is the Provincial tree of Kerala?
The Coconut palm, (Cocos nucifera) is the provincial tree of Kerala, Republic of India.
Is the coconut a monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous plant?
The coconut tree is in the family of palm trees, and palm trees are monocotyledons, so to answer your question, a coconut tree is a monocotyledon.
Which palm tree has fruit?
coconut
Is a coconut palm tree a real tree?
yes
What is the difference between palm tree and coconut tree?
Yes, they are the same thing. The coconut palm tree is a generic name for the palm tree species. There are many kinds of coconut palm trees, but the most famous ones are known as the Malayan Coconut Palm Tree and its Scientific name, or botanical name, is Cocos nucifera. : ) I placed a link below that talks about the Malayan Coconut Palm Tree in more detail.
What type of branch does a coconut tree has?
A coconut palm has fronds not branches.
Is coconut volatile?
No it is a fruit of a palm tree.
What is the function of a coconut palm tree?
The coconut palm tree is well adapted to grow on remote islands; the coconut can float in the ocean and drift to fertile new locations. Also, without coconut, we would have no macaroons.
What is a date that is the fruit of the palm tree?
Date or coconut depending on which type of palm.
