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  • COMMON NAME: Coconut
  • ARABIC: جوز الهند
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cocos nucifera L.
  • SYNONYMS: Calappa nucifera (L.) Kuntze
  • FAMILY: ARECACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L) Fruits (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: in Fujairah cultivated only as ornamental.
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/666160-1 V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Extremely salt tolerant up to seawater salinity. Ornamental and fruit tree.

Coconut palm widely spread into all tropical humid regions, especially along the sea shore. It is a tall unbranched, erect tree, 10-18 meters high, with a
somewhat thickened base and tipped by majestic crowns of glossy leathery pinnate or feathery leaves, each 3-5 meters long. Inflorescence usually
aggregated in a terminal mass, often complex, branching of many spicate. Flowers small, an oblong sheath protects the flowers. Calyx and corolla mostly
similar, trimerous. Stamens free or united, 3 or more. Fruit edible nuts, inside a large yellow-brown husk, 10-15cm across.

Flowering in the spring.
Cultivated, tolerates dry, saline and hot conditions. It is an ideal plant for avenues, gardens and streets near the sea.
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