Scientific name: Cocos nucifera
The coconut palm is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm). The term coconut is derived from 16th century Portugese and Spanish cocos, meaning `grimming face' from the three small holes on the coconut shell that resemble human facial features. The tree is found across the tropic and subtropic areas of the world, and is known for its great verstality of uses of all its parts. The palm grows to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaves 4-6 m long, pinnae 60-90 cm long. The flowers are polygamomonoecious, with both male and female flowers in the same inflorescence. Flowering occurs continuously, with female flowers producing seeds. This photographs was taken from the 3rd floor of a hospital building in my native place on 19th December, 2011, where my father was admitted. I feel happy and proud to be son of a farmer, who had coconut also as a crop to sustain the life!
