About Coconut
Coconut Palm Family Coconut plants, the plant is tall, tree-like, 15-30 meters high, stout stems with ring-like leaf scars, thickened at the base, often with clusters of rootlets. Petiole stout, inflorescences axillary, fruit ovoid or subglobose, fruit cavity contains endosperm (i.e. "pulp" or seed kernel), embryo and sap (coconut water), flowering and fruiting mainly in the fall.
Growth habit of coconut
Coconut in the average annual temperature of 26-27 ℃, the annual temperature difference is small, the annual rainfall of 1300-2300 millimeters and uniformly distributed, more than 2,000 hours of annual sunshine, the elevation of 50 meters below the coastal areas are most suitable. Coconut is a tropical light-loving crop, grows and develops well under the conditions of high temperature, rainy, sunny and sea breeze.
Coconut habitat
Coconut is native to southeastern Asia, Indonesia to the Pacific Islands. It is mainly distributed in Asia, Africa, Latin America between 23 ° S-23 ° N, the equatorial coastal areas are the most. The main producing areas for the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and other countries. China's southern islands of Guangdong and Leizhou Peninsula, Hainan, Taiwan and Yunnan southern tropical areas are cultivated.