Coconut Plant

Cocos nucifera is a large palm, growing up to 30 metres (100 feet) tall, with pinnate leaves 4–6 m (13–20 ft) long, and pinnae 60–90 centimetres (2–3 ft) long; old leaves break away cleanly, leaving the trunk smooth.On fertile soil, a tall coconut palm tree can yield up to 75 fruits per year, but more often yields less than 30.Given proper care and growing conditions, coconut palms produce their first fruit in six to ten years, taking 15 to 20 years to reach peak production.

Hybrids are the intervarietal crosses between the two morphological forms of coconut. They exhibit earliness in flowering, increased nut yield, higher copra production and give better quality copra and oil as compared to the parents.