Extended data coconut tree species
Mini coconut tree
Pocket coconut (Chamaedorea Elegans) is also known as dwarf coconut, pocket brown, pocket sunflower and dwarf brown. Palm pocket coconut, native to Mexico and Guatemala. In addition, it is shade-resistant, so it is very suitable for small and medium-sized indoor potted plants to decorate indoor environments such as living rooms, study rooms, conference rooms, hotel service desks, etc., which can add the atmosphere and charm of tropical scenery indoors.
Placed at the corner of the room or on the coffee table can add a rich atmosphere of business to the room and make the room present charming tropical scenery. It is an evergreen shrub, and the height of potted plants generally does not exceed 1 m. Its stem is erect, unbranched, dark green and with irregular patterns on it.
Leaves are usually inserted at the top of branches, pinnately divided, lobes lanceolate, alternate, dark green and shiny. Length 14-22 cm, width 2-3 cm, and the base of the top two pinnate leaves are often fishtail-shaped, the young leaves are green, the old leaves are dark green, and the surface is shiny, such as wax products.
Spikelets are axillary, with yellow flowers, small balls, monoecious, slightly erect male inflorescences, slightly drooping female inflorescences when the nutritional conditions are good, and orange-yellow paddles. Flowering in spring. The leaves are flat and the mature plants are umbrella-shaped.
Bottle coconut tree
Bottle coconut trunk is smooth, bottle-shaped, swollen below the middle, and gradually narrowed near the top to grow into a neck. The leaves are clustered at the top of the stem, and the pinnate leaves are arched and rotated, and twist laterally at the base, so that the leaf surface of the pinnate and the plane where the leaf axis is located are 45 degrees, and sometimes the edges of the pinnate and petiole are slightly red. Sexual preference for high temperature, humid and sunny environment, fear of cold, salt and alkali tolerance, slow growth, and wintering above 10℃ in winter.
Bottle coconut has a peculiar shape and slow growth. It usually takes more than 20 years from seed seedling to flowering and fruiting, and it takes 18 months for each plant to blossom and fruit to mature, but its life span can be as long as several decades. It looks like a bottle and is very beautiful. It is a precious ornamental palm plant. Potted plants can be used to decorate hotel halls and large shopping malls, and can also be planted alone in lawns or courtyards, with excellent ornamental effect.
In addition, the bottle coconut, like Chinese palm and queen sunflower, is still one of the few palm plants that can be planted directly by the sea. It is native to Mascarene Islands, and has been introduced and cultivated in Taiwan Province, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and other places in China.
Xigu coconut tree
Latin name: Metroxylon sagu, alias: Sammu, Shagu, belonging to the genus Coconut in the West Valley of Palmae, and brothers and sisters in the same family as palm, betel nut and coconut. Xigu coconut likes high temperature and high humidity, sunny growth environment, is not cold-resistant, the growth temperature is 24-30℃, and the requirements for soil are not strict, but it grows well with loose, fertile loam with good drainage.
Native to Moluccas and Papua New Guinea in Indonesia. Evergreen all year round. The trunk grows very fast, and it can grow to a height of 10-20m in10. However, the life span is very short, only 10-20 years. Flowers bloom only once in a lifetime, and they die within a few months after flowering.
King coconut tree
Characteristics of Dawang Coconut Tree: The single stem is upright, the stem height can reach 18 meters, with ring patterns on it, the central part is slightly enlarged, and the swollen part is a place with much water, which is produced to adapt to the life in dry land. Some adventitious roots often grow at the bottom of the stem. The pinnate compound leaves can reach 3-4 meters in length, and the leaf sheath is green, embracing the top of the stem, which is about 1/3- 1/2 in length.
The spica is planted in the outermost leaf sheath, with milky white flowers, 3 male calyxes, 3 petals, 6 stamens-12 and 6 female flowers. The pseudostamens are odontoid, with 3 cells and 3 stigma. The fruit is a berry with one seed. Often planted as landscape trees or street trees. Origin: Cuba, Jamaica and Panama.
High-planting coconut trees
This variety is the largest commercial coconut planted in the world at present, with tall and thick plants, trunk circumference of 90-120cm, tree height of more than 20m, and swollen stem base, which is called "gourd head". The crown is round, semi-circular and Y-shaped, and consists of 30-40 leaves;
The leaves are 5-6 meters long. Fruiting is late, it blooms and bears fruit in 7-8 years after planting, the economic life is 60-80 years, and the natural life is as long as 100 years. Male and female are in the same order, and the flowering period is different. First, male flowers are opened, then female flowers are opened, and cross pollination is carried out. All plants are heterozygotes. Coconut is bigger, and the quality rate of desiccated coconut is high. Output of desiccated coconut1-1.5t/ha.
References:
Coconut Tree-Baidu Encyclopedia