CoconutsCoconut is a common name for the fruit of a tree in palm family. It is classified as Cocos Nucifera. People usually call the tree as coconut palm. Coconut palm trees grow well in tropical countries. They grow especially on san soil.

The trees can grow up to 30 m high. They have a cylindrical trunk. At the top of the trunk there is a crown of leaves. The leaves are long, about 3 to 4,5 m long.

The fruit grows in clusters In one cluster, there about 5 to 20 coconuts. The fruit is oval and about 30 cm long. It has a thick husk and hard shell. Inside the shell there white oily fresh. Inside the shell there is also sweet fluid.

Coconut is high in sugar. It also contains a lot of fat, protein and vitamin. The young coconut water can be very refreshing drink which contains a lot of minerals.

Coconut palm are very useful plants. People can use every single inch of the true. They dry the coconut meat info copra After that, they can get oil from it and use it for daily cooking or make it into soaps or candles. People also use the trunks to build houses. For the roof, they try the leaves People can also make rope and doormats from the coconut's husk.

Coconut are usually propagated by seeds. But experts have been trying to clone coconuts or propagate them by tissue culture.

Questions:
1. What is teh scientific name for coconut?
2 Where do the coconuts grow well?
3. How ling are the coconuts leaves
4. What is inside the coconut shell?
5. How many coconuts are there in one cluster?
6. What does coconut contain?
7. What is copra?
8. What can people get from copra?
9. What do people use coconuts trunk for?
10. How are the coconuts propagated?


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