Name: Cocos nucifera

Origin: Central Indo-Pacific

Common Name: Coconut Palm

Growth Habit: Fast-growing

Climate: Equatorial climate with high humidity

Soil: Moderately fertile, well-draining, sandy soils

Flower: Whitish flowers, clustered with 2 staminate flowers for each carpellate flower

Special/Unique Characteristics: A long-lived plant; it has a single trunk, 20-30 metre tall, its bark is smooth and gray, marked by ringed scars left by fallen leaf bases. The tree can live as long as 100 years producing an annual yield of 50 to 100 coconuts.