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Arboretum Images 1
... , this palm was once placed in the same genus as the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera). It was named Cocos plumosa. Later the name was changed to Arecastrum romanzoffianum and finally to Syagrus romanzoffiana ...
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Plant Fibers Photos 3
... in water-logged soils and strong winds. Pandanus is second only to the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) in importance in Polynesia and Micronesia. The fibrous leaves are used for baskets, floor coverings ...
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Drift Seeds and Drift Fruits
... 's oceans: 1. Tamanu (Calophyllum inophyllum), Indonesia to the Philippines. 2. Coconut (Cocos nucifera), Melanesia to Eastern Australia. 3. Nickernut (Caesalpinia bonduc), Tropical America to Canton Island ... Caesalpinia ciliata or C. major), Y. dog almond (Andira inermis), Z. coconut endocarp (Cocos nucifera), AA. calabash (Crescentia cujete), and AB. box fruit (Barringtonia asiatica). Edible Fruits ...
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Botanical Record-Breakers (Cont.)
... lining their shells that are used to make mother-of-pearl jewelry. Dried coconut fruit (Cocos nucifera): A. Seed-bearing endocarp with three germination pores at one end. Only one of the ... Times Annual: 75-77, 159. Harries, H.C. 1978. "The Evolution, Dissemination and Classification of Cocos nucifera L." Botanical Review 44: 265-320. Heiser, C.B. Jr. 1973. Seed to Civilization: The ...
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Plant Fibers
... (Dicots and Monocots) Cotton Gossypium hirsutum Gossypium arboreum Gossypium herbaceum Gossypium barbadense Malvaceae (Mallow) Coir Cocos nucifera Arecaceae (Palm) Milkweed Asclepias spp. Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed) Fibers From Seed Pods (Dicots) Kapok Ceiba pentandra ...
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Inflorescence Terminology (Part 1)
... , the fallen spathes of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) are boiled, dried and waxed to produce a beautiful boat-shaped bowl. Spathe bowls from the coconut palm (Coco nucifera). Fallen spathes are boiled, dried ...
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Nut Photos
... Bizarre Water Chestnut From Asia Coconut & Date: Palm Family (Arecaceae) The fruit of the coconut (Cocos nucifera) is technically a dry drupe composed of a thin outer layer (exocarp), a thick, fibrous ... coconuts, while coir fibers are derived from the fibrous mesocarp. Sprouting fruit of a coconut Cocos nucifera. The hard inner layer (endocarp) contains the actual seed composed of a minute embryo and ...
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Exam #3 Hints
... , fibrous husk (mesocarp) that surrounds the endocarp has been removed. Sprouting fruit of a coconut Cocos nucifera. The hard inner layer (endocarp) contains the actual seed composed of a minute embryo and ...
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