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Is a coconut a fruit, nut or seed?
The coconut is part of the palm family, and the coconut tree produces a delicious orb we all love and enjoy.
But the coconut is technically a fruit that has an outer fleshy part with a hard shell containing the seed this type of fruit is known as a drupe. Other groups include almonds, peaches, and cherries.
Coconuts are also considered general nuts because they have a shell and a seed, but because it splits open to expose the seed when it’s ripe it’s not a true nut. True nuts by contrast do not split open, so a coconut is technically a fruit a general nut and a seed.

Lifecycle of the Coconut Tree

Interesting Coconut Facts:
- Every bit of the coconut is used. As a result, coconuts are called the “Tree of Life” and can produce drink, fiber, food, fuel, utensils, musical instruments, and much more.
- Coconut oil has many benefits for your health.
- When intra-venous (IV) solution was in short supply, doctors during World War II and Vietnam used coconut water in substitution of IV solutions.
- Botanically, the coconut palm is not a tree since there is no bark, no branches, or secondary growth. A coconut palm is a woody perennial monocotyledon with the trunk being the stem.
- It takes 11 -12 months for the coconut to mature.
- At one time scientists identified over 60 species of Cocos palm. Today, the coconut is a monotypic with one species, nucifera. However, there are over 80 varieties of coconut palms, which are defined by characteristics such as dwarf and tall.
- Possibly the oldest reference is from Cosmas, a 5th century AD Egyptian traveler. He wrote about the “Indian nut” or “nut of India” after visiting India and Ceylon. Some scholars believe Cosmas was describing a coconut.
- Soleyman, an Arab merchant, visited China in the 9th century and describes the use of coir fiber and toddy made from coconuts.
- In the 16th century, Sir Francis Drake called coconut “nargils”, which was the common term used until the 1700’s when the word coconut was established.
- Coconut growing regions are as far north as Hawaii and as far south as Madagascar.
Close-up shot of ripe coconuts growing on a tree.
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Pink flower growing inside half a coconut with other green plants in the background.
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Coconuts hanging down from a tree behind two yellow light bulbs.
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Two brown coconuts hanged on a tree with the sea and the mountains in the background.
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Green coconuts growing on a palm tree in Koh Phangan, Thailand.
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Multiple dried coconuts sitting on the ground. All of them are dried, and some of them are cracked.
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Fresh coconuts growing on a coconut tree with palm leaves and the sky in the background.
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A beautiful palm tree illuminated by the sun with the cloudy sky in the background.
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Small island home in Koh Phangan and many palm trees in front of it.
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Tall palm tree photographed from below and the sun peeking through its leaves.
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