Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Cocos nucifera (L)
Family Name	Arecaceae
Common Name	Coconut palm, coconut tree.
Tamil Name	தென்னை
Life Form	Palm tree
Distribution	Southeast Asia and Melanesia.
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A handsome, tall palm. Leaves: Leaves forming a crown on the top, very large, pinnate, leaflets many linear-lanceolate. Flower: Flowers are in large spadix which is androgynous with numerous. Calyx: Sepals 3 Corolla: 6 petals 3, valvate, stamens Fruit: Drupe fibrous, large, obovoid. Seeds: Drupe fibrous, large, obovoid. Seed with white endosperm, brown testa and full of liquid endosperm- the coconut milk.
Flowering and Fruiting	All the year round.
Key Compounds	ascorbic acid, catechin and epicatechin
Medicinal Use	Coconut is taken by mouth for bladder stones, diabetes, high cholesterol, and weight loss.
At the Campus	Swimming pool and Zoology backside