Coconut

Cocus nucifera

What is the scientific name of the coconut tree?

Water dispersal using flotation devices to travel

How are coconuts dispersing their seeds?

Indian & Pacific Oceans

Where does coconut originate from?

Medium chain triglycerides

contain 6 to 12 carbons, are digested, absorbed, and transported easily, are oxidized rapidly in the orgainism, have a low tendency to be deposited as body fat, are a source of abundant & rapidly available energy, and don’t behave as conventional fats

food, drink, oil, fibers, fuel, beauty products, medicines

major uses of coocunt

Palm oil

(Elaesis guineensis) used around the world, extracted from the pulp of fruit & kernel, & presents environmental concerns