Report Text : Coconut 2

Coconut is a common name for the fruit of a tree of the palm family. It is classified as Cocas Lucifer. People usually call tree coconut palm. Coconut palm trees grow well in tropical countries. They grow especially on sandy soils. 

The trees can grow up to 30 m high. They have a single cylindrical trunk. At the top of the trunk, there is crown of leaves. The leaves are long, about 3 to 4.5 m long. 

The fruit grows in clusters. In one cluster there are about 5-20 coconuts. The fruit is oval and about 30cm long. It has a thick husk and a hard shell. Inside the shell there is also a sweet fluid. Coconut is high in sugar. It also contains a lot of fat, protein and vitamin. The young coconut water can be very refreshing drink which contains a lot of mineral.

Coconut palms are very useful plants. People can use every single inch of the tree. They dry the coconut meat into copra. After that, they can get oil from it and use it into soaps or candles. People also use the trunks to build houses. For the roof, the dry the leaves. People can also make rope and doormats form the coconut's husk. Coconuts are usually propagated by seeds, but experts have been trying to clone coconuts or propagate them by tissue culture.