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Chowghat Orange Dwarf

Variety of Coconut · Cocos nucifera
Indian orange dwarf, an important drinking nut and hybrid parent (e.g. Kerasankara).
Also known as: COD, Chowghat Orange
Edible value9Medicinal value9Other uses9
🇮🇳 India

Profile

Parentage
Dwarf-Ökotyp (Nana), indische Selektion
Pollination
self-fertile

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Small orange nuts with sweet water; high water content and good taste.

Growth

Short, early-bearing habit; predominantly self-pollinating.

Yield

High nut count; widely grown in India as tender-nut.

Notes

Mother of the Indian hybrids Chandra Sankara and Kera Sankara.

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