Coconut is a common name for the fruit of the palm family. people usually call the tree coconut palm. coconut grows well in tropical countries. they can grow up to 30 m high. they have a single cylindrical trunk. at the top of the thrunk, there is a crown of leaves. the leaves are long. they are about 3 to 4,5 m long.
The fruits grow in cluters. in one cluters there are about 10 -20 coconuts. the fruits is oval and about 30 cm along. it has a thick husk and a hard shell. inside the shell there is white oil meat. inside the shell there is also sweet fluid.
Coconuts palm are very useful plants. people can use every part of the tree in their lives. they dry the coconut meat into copra. after that they can get oil from it and use it in the daily cooking or make it into soaps or candles. people also use the thrunks to build houses. for the roof, they dry the leaves. people can also make rope and doormats from the coconuts husk.
