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![Coconuts on Driftwood A coconut display of different sizes and colors on a driftwood that is on the beach and a yellow coconut inflorescence with flowers and small yellow coconuts leaning on the driftwood](/images/coconuts-flower.jpg)
![Cocos nucifera Cocos nucifera](/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/engage-the-exotic-small-logo.png)
Originating in the Indo-Pacific and settling across most tropical shores. This tree's fruit, encased in a hard shell, is recognized globally, not just for its refreshing water and flavorful flesh but also for its myriad applications. The meat inside, when dried, is called copra and is a primary source of coconut oil, which has been studied for its potential anti-inflammatory and heart-health benefits. Has also been used for creating items like coir (the fibrous husk of the coconut), utilized in ropes, mats, and brushes. The leading producers of coconut include Indonesia, the Philippines, and India. The coconut takes about a year to mature. Around the five-month stage, you can drink the water (coconut juice) and eat the soft meat of the coconut, which is often sold fresh by street vendors in Latin America. Heading towards Santa Marta from Barranquilla a couple of miles from the Alberto Pumarejo bridge there are dozens of vendors along the highway selling coconuts. The coconut tree is common along the north coast of Colombia and is used to make coconut rice a popular side-dish with fried fish. Coconut milk with lime makes an excellent juice.
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![Coconuts on Driftwood A coconut display of different sizes and colors on a driftwood that is on the beach and a yellow coconut inflorescence with flowers and small yellow coconuts leaning on the driftwood](/images/coconuts-flowers.jpg)
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![Caribbean Woman on Boat A Caribbean women on a wooden boat on the beach behind a display of coconuts](/images/coconuts-caribena-boat.jpg)
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![Coconuts and Iflorescence A yellow Cocos nucifera inflorescence with yellow flowers next to two halved coconuts all of which are on top of other coconuts](/images/coconut-halves.jpg)
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![Coconuts Three yellow and brown coconut and a halved coconut exposing the white pulp on driftwood](/images/coconut-half.jpg)
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![Cocos nucifera Inflorescence A yellow Cocos nucifera inflorescence with flowers and coconuts against a driftwood on the beach with coconuts on top and an old wooden red and white boat in the background](/images/cocos-nucifera-flower-coconuts.jpg)
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![Orange Coconuts New orange Cocos nucifera fruit on the tree](/images/cocos-nucifera.jpg)
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![Yellow Coconuts Clusters of sunset yellow Cocos nucifera fruit on the tree](/images/coconut-yellow.jpg)
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![Green Cocos nucifera Fruit A cluster of green Cocos nucifera fruit on the tree](/images/coconut-palm.jpg)
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![Coconut Palms Coconut palms under blue sky](/images/coconut-palms.jpg)
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![Dead Coconut Palms Live and dead coconut palms in under blue sky](/images/coconut-palm-dead.jpg)
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![Coco Frio and Colombian Woman A Colombian woman wearing a motorcycle helmet and sunglasses drinking a Coco Frio with a straw from a large green coconut](/images/coco-frio.jpg)
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![Caribbean Woman on Boat A Caribbean women on a wooden boat on the beach behind a display of coconuts](/images/coconuts-colombian-woman-boat.jpg)
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