WHY DOES COCONUT ONLY EXIST
DESCRIPTION OF COCONUT
IN HOT ZONE?
Temperature is an important
weather factor that has great
influence on the growth and
productivity of the palm. The palm
prefers less diurnal variation
between day and night temperatures
and does not tolerate extremes of
temperature. The temperature
should be from 20 ° to 32°C, a
mean annual temperature of 270C is
best for vigorous growth
and good yield.
Therefore, using the
Junghuhn climate theory,
coconut can only be
planted in the HOT ZONE.
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DISTRIBUTION OF COCONUT
Coconut is grown in more than
80 countries of the world
with a total production of 49
billion nuts. India occupies
a predominant position in
respect of production of
coconut in the world. The
shares of coconut growing
countries in production are:
Indonesia (25.7%),
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A large, oval, brown seed of a
tropical palm, consisting of a hard
shell lined with edible white flesh
and containing a clear liquid. It
grows inside a woody husk,
surrounded by fiber.
TYPES OF
COCONUT
There are two types
of varieties
distinguished from
the palm species
Cocos nucifera:
allogamous (crossed
fertilization) and autogamous
(self-fertilization). 
"Coco de mar" (Lodoicea maldivica) Native to
the archipelago of the Seychelles and other
islands on the Madagascar coast. Its size
triples that of an average coconut. 
"Pijiguao” (Bactris gasipaes): It has a
radius of 6 cm approximately and it gathers
in clusters of 100 fruits and 10 kg of
weight.
"Corozo corojó” (Bactris minor): The palm of
this variety reaches 30 m high. It spreads
all along the tropical strip of Panama to the
western Indian coast, up to Colombia and
Venezuela. 
"Palmira” (Borassus flabellifer): Native to
Asia and at present it is mainly cultivated
in the north of Malaysia and India. 
"Salaca’ (Salacca edulis): Original from the
south-east of Asia and cultivated in
Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.. 
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