The decoration Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( Palmaceae ) carry more than 3,000 species in more than 230 mob in the world , as of August 2010 . The species come up in the United States are primarily trammel to southern California and Florida . Coconut thenar fall within the species of palm tree , but have different characteristics that put them as the only fellow member of the Cocos genus of palm .
Leaf Types
decoration trees are mainly identified by foliage shape . The palm-shaped material body is fanlike and the pinnate has a feather shape . The palm-shaped folio structure has incision that start from a undivided point . Pinnate leaf grow along the side of a central axis . The arrangement of leave of absence is at long intervals along the stalk or in cluster at the end of the prow . The size of the leaves diverge with each species , with the largest leave measured in tens of foot .
Stems
The distinctive stalk of a palm tree diagram is very tall , erect , unbranched and shaped like a piston chamber . Stems can be smooth or bumpy , insure by such things as remainder of former leaves or scars . The diam of the stem also varies reckon on the mintage . The trunk of decoration trees are very hard , but the inner social organization is n’t very different from that of other stemmed trees .
Flowers and Fruit
medal trees produce flower . They are small and dark-green . Flowers of both sexes can be produced on one tree , though medallion are generally unisexual . Pollen is usually transport by the wind or insects from the distaff flowers . Palm trees also produce fruit . The fruit vary in size and shape . Some are a kind of berry that incase the laborious seed , some fruits are intemperate and pointed and the other sort of yield is the coconut .
Coconut Palms
The coconut medallion ( cocos nucifera ) is normally called the coconut laurel wreath or the coco palm . It has a still , angle body that grows 80 to 100 feet with pinnate leaves . The manful and distaff flowers are lily-livered and born on the same tree diagram . A 4- to 5 - year - erstwhile tree diagram begin to rise the coconut . The orchis reach full sizing in about six months , but take a twelvemonth to reach maturity . Each Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is capable of producing 25 nuts a year .
The Coconut
The " nutmeat " of a cocoanut is surd , white , and very nourishing . food for thought and products can be made from the coconut . Coconut water is the fluid inside the immature junkie . It is clear and contains bread , vitamins , and mineral . Coconut milk is the white liquidity crush from the nutmeat . It ’s rich in oils and nutrients and is used in sauce and other foods . coco petroleum is removed from the dry out nutmeat . It ’s semisolid and tasteless , but edible . It ’s also used in product such as soaps , candy , candles , tooth paste and insect powder .
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