Name in Spanishs:
Coco Rallado

Name in latin:
Cocos nucifera

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ASPECT AND DESCRIPTION
Well known palm of enormous alimentary and economic importance in many tropical countries, of until 25 m. High. It is original of Malaysian and Polynesian although today is very diffused in tropical zones. They are used many abilities of the palm tree but the nut or wheedle is the more useful, for this reason have crossed several varieties cultivated, obtaining palm trees that produce of 100 to 200 coconuts each year. The common noun cocos drift of the Portuguese word that means monkey, because the coconut is looked likes the face of a monkey, nucifera means that it produces nuts.

CULINARY USE
The pulp of the coconut is very used in the kitchen of Indonesian. It is also very used in candied fruits, bonbons, tarts, and etcetera.

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