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COCONUTS 'R' US
COCONUT TREES
Chris and Deane place in this section some information that is specific to the coconut tree. It has many names: Coconut Palm, Coco Palm, Coco Tree, Coconut Tree, Cocoa Nut, Cocoanut, Porcupine Wood, in German Kokospalme and Kokosnuss, in French Cocotier nucifère and Cocotier porte-noix. We want you to please enjoy.
Uses of Coconut Palms
toddy, wine, vinegar, arrack, sugar, jaggery, palm cabbage, cooked vegetable, candied flowers, pollen, bee nectar, fruit pulp: fresh, cooked or candied, mixed in drinks, fermented for palm wine; for cooking oil and medicine, nut: fresh for drinking, raw or roasted, as drug or stimulant; germinated seed is edible root ball, sago for starch, medicines, construction, tough fibers, trunks, entire or cut into planks and the rib of the leaf, are used to support buildings, or as a framework, or even as floors, leaves are woven in many ways to make useful mats, thatching of walls and roofs, thin trunks of vine-like palms are the sources of rattan used in furniture, useful wax is removed from some species, carnauba wax, for making charcoal, animal feed, utensils, bowls and cups, soap, and many more uses.
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COCONUT PALM TREE coconut fiber used in products
like rope, furniture
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ground coconut shell for plywood Coconut peat for horticulture
Life cycle of Coconut Palms
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Immature Coconuts base of sprouted Coconut
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Coconut growing Mature Coconut
Growing Coconut Palms
Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida whose goal is to unite the palm and cycad societies in Florida and to provide a statewide network of people interested in the wonderful world of palms and cycads.If you want to grow coconut palms, here is a great place to start. They link to many local Florida groups. Be sure and use their marvelous Palm Encylopedia |
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Dave Romney's book, Growing Coconuts in South Florida, is a complete guide, answering the questions of both gardeners and large-scale farmers. Part One describes varieties suitable for South Florida and the practical procedures of site selection, nursery operation, transplanting and spacing, weed control, fertilizing, pests, diseases, cold protection, and irrigation. It also covers uses for coconuts and harvesting methods. Part Two deals with some technical aspects of growing coconuts, namely the botany of the palm and characterization of the varieties.
The special problems of South Florida are addressed: (1) modifying the rocky soils to grow good coconuts; (2) choice of coconut varieties resistant to lethal yellowing disease; and (3) methods of protecting the palms during occasional near-freezing weather.
The author has grown and researched coconuts in Belize, Jamaica, and Tanzania, commencing in 1955. He has published over 80 scientific papers and carried out coconut consultancies in many parts of the world. Since 1988, he and his wife have farmed 13 acres in South Florida, including some 400 coconut palms. The book is paperbound and consists of 68 pages, 14 figures, and 9 tables. Cost is $14.75 + $4.55 shipping and handling; Florida residents add 6.5% sales tax. Checks only, in US dollars, payable to: Dave Romney - 26021 SW 199 Ave. - Homestead, FL 33031
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