Abstract:
The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera), a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family), is a large palm, that can grow up to 30 m height, with pinnate leaves 4-6 m long and pinnae 60-90 em long. The term coconut refers to the nut of the coconut palm. The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropicalworld, for its many culinary and non-culinary uses, since, every part of the coconut palm has some human uses.
The coconut comprises, a fibrous husk and a hard shell. The shell contains a white kernel and coconut water. The kernel is mainly used, for culinary purposes, as well as, to produce, copra, coconut oil, coconut cream, brushes, brooms and carpets, while, the shell is used to manufacture charcoal, activated carbon and to produce thermal energy by combustion.
