What does a coconut tree look like and how to distinguish it from a palm tree?

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1. Morphological characteristics

2. The difference between the two

Coconut trees are evergreen trees with pinnate leaves that are four to six meters long and linear-lanceolate in shape. The petioles are thicker, usually more than one meter in length, and the inflorescences grow in the leaf axils. Palm trees are relatively smaller and are small evergreen trees. The leaves are palmately divided and dark brown. In addition, its vitality is more tenacious and it can grow normally even if the growing environment is polluted.

1. Morphological characteristics

Coconut trees are evergreen trees that grow in tropical areas. Its leaves are pinnately lobed, four to six meters long, with a large number of lobes, leathery, and linear-lanceolate in shape. The petiole is thicker, usually more than one meter in length. Buddha's flame inflorescences grow in the leaf axils. Most of the male flowers grow on the upper parts of the branches, while the female flowers grow sparsely on the lower parts.

2. The difference between the two

Both palm trees and coconut trees belong to the palm family, but they are relatively short and are small evergreen trees. Its leaves are palmately divided, the lobes are linear in shape, and the color is dark brown, while the leaves of coconut trees are green with a slight yellow tint.

In addition, the two have different requirements for the growing environment. different. Palm trees are more tenacious and do not have high environmental requirements for the soil. They can grow even if the environment is polluted. But coconut trees have certain requirements for soil, which must be rich in potassium fertilizer. If the growing environment is dry, it will take two or three years to return to normal. In addition, the temperature is also very important, it must be above 25 degrees.

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