THE COCONUT

The coconut

The coconut is a fruit, its from the coconut tree.
The coconut grows in the tropical zones. You can eat them. coconut can mesaure 20 centimeters and it can weigh 2 kilos. The coconut is big and has a very hard rind wich its brown . Inside it has water. The coconut is the own seed. Its a tropical fruit. You can only eat up the seed, you cannot eat the rest of the parts because it is too hard. The coconut can grow in tropical places. You can do soft drinks containing crushed ice, coctails, medicines and buns with coco.

Parts
The parts of the coconut are three: the fruit, the rind and the seeds

The cocunut tree
The coconut tree are the palm tree.They can mesaure betwem 12 or 20 meters.The leaves are very long, they can mesaure 2 or 3 meters.The palm has the green leaves.The palm has as a species of scales. Sometimes they grow in the sand and others in boil.The palm is brown. A lot of heat is needed in order to a palm grows. It takes them at least 4 years to get their first small coconuts.


Most characteristic uses
Coconut Water: It serves to refresh people. It have sugar, diterali fiber, proteins, vitamins and minerals.

Coconut Milk: It is not the same than coconut water. But it is the same juice.It serves to extracts the oil and aromatic compounds. You have to do: put shredded coconut over hot water then you get the coconut milk.

Coconut oil: It Serves for cooking, it is a vegetable oil.