Nariyal, Coconut (Golden, Hybrid) - Plant

Planting and care

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Caring for Nariyal

• First, water the coconut tree frequently.
• As long as the soil drains well, you really cant water it too often.
• If you decide to repot your coconut tree, remember to add sand or vermiculite to the new soil to keep the water draining well.
• Second, growing coconut palms are heavy feeders that require regular, complete fertilizer.
• Look for a fertilizer that provides both the basic nutrients plus trace nutrients like boron, manganese and magnesium.

Typical uses of Nariyal

Special features: Rock gardens, border fronts, edgings, fragrance gardens and containers. When massed, these mat-forming plants can form an attractive ground cover.

Culinary use: edible in mainy things, as fruit ,aschutney or juice or sweets etc.

Ornamental use: The plant is used for ornamental purpose.

Medicinal use: Crested Lepidagathis, called Mullabanthi in Telugu, has been used by the yanadi tribe in Andhra Pradesh as a traditional medicine. It is used in the treatment of fever. It is also used in treating inflammations - aqueous extract of leaves mixed with Ocimum juice and the tuberous flower ash mixed with coconut oil is a concoction, which is applied on parts affected by inflammation. In Chhattisgarh, people use leaf extract for treating malaria

References

• http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/coconut/growing-coconut-palm-trees.htm
• http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=273731&isprofile=0&