Coconut Tree (Green) Hawaiian, Live Coconut Palm, 2 Pack (24 inch)(Excludes: CA)

USDA Prohibits Shipping Live Plants to: CA. If you reside in the state of California, your order will be cancelled. Baby coconut tree with good genetic potential, monitored and strictly selected from our own plantation. Keep in your home the quality of Florida Coconuts! The Coconut Palm Tree, scientific name Cocos nucifera, is one of the most popular palms in the world because of its fruits. Coconut oil is used for cooking and in a wide range of beauty products. The Coconut Palms may live as long as 100 years, producing fruits till 80 years of age. In its native habitat the Coconut Palm grows up to 100 ft, but usually is around 20-30 ft tall and 5-10 ft wide in cultivation. Coconut Palm likes warm climate and cannot tolerate temperature below 20F without getting injured. Partial shade to full sun. It grows best in the moist well drained soil but can tolerate drought. Coconut Characteristics The coconut is a common fruit found in tropical climates around the world. It originated from the coconut palm, a plant pertaining to the family of the palm ceas, which includes nearly a million varieties. Most people are familiar with 2 types of coconuts: the fresh green coconut for water and the brown ripe coconut for the meat. The first one has great quantity of water and a soft pulp, which is used for cooking to give light taste to drinks and sweets. This is in the earlier stages of development on the tree. As the coconut ripens on the tree it turns brown. It is literally dehydrating on the tree. This is usually seen in stores with the husk already removed and it looks about the same size as a grapefruit. Coconut water can be used by diabetics, since it does not contain sucrose (a type of sugar). It is prescribed by doctors around the world to help with minor and major ailments of all sorts. The health benefits are truly astounding. The ripe coconut or brown coconut has very little water, but it is rich in meat as a result. It is used as food and in foods, sweets, and desserts . Though the quantity of liquid is small in this sort, it can be consumed normally. The coconut is a common fruit found in tropical climates around the world. It originated from the coconut palm, a plant pertaining to the family of the palm ceas, which includes nearly a million varieties. Most people are familiar with 2 types of coconuts: the fresh green coconut for water and the brown ripe coconut for the meat. The first one has great quantity of water and a soft pulp, which is used for cooking to give light taste to drinks and sweets. This is in the earlier stages of development on the tree. As the coconut ripens on the tree it turns brown. It is literally dehydrating on the tree. This is usually seen in stores with the husk already removed and it looks about the same size as a grapefruit. Coconut water can be used by diabetics, since it does not contain sucrose (a type of sugar). It is prescribed by doctors around the world to help with minor and major ailments of all sorts. The health benefits are truly astounding. The ripe coconut or brown coconut has very little water, but it is rich in meat as a result. It is used as food and in foods, sweets, and desserts . Though the quantity of liquid is small in this sort, it can be consumed normally. The ripe coconut brings out the taste of the foods and can be substituted for nuts and almonds in many recipes, wi th an outstanding flavor. The coconut's husk in the brown ripe coconut is used in the manufacture of ropes, belts, carpets, and hats . It can be used in arts and crafts. It is necessary that it is dried up naturally in the sun or it will becomeshriveled . Under and after the fibrous husk is removed, the surface of the coconut is a very hard shell. The coconut shell is used to make earrings, necklaces and bracelets, cups, bowls, buttons, and even is used as a canvas for painting. Besides as an arts and craft function, the coconut's fibrous husk can be substituted as a plant fiber in the cultivation of ornamental plants like ferns, brom lias, orchids, sword of Saint Jorge, lilies, begonias, between others. The great advantage is that his cloth is rich in fibers and helps in the development of the plants, principally, of the epfitas.