East Coast Tall
Variety of Coconut · Cocos nucifera
Early-bearing Indian east-coast tall variety with good nut set.
Also known as: ECT
🇮🇳 India
Profile
- Parentage
- Tall-Ökotyp (Typica)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium round to oval nuts, green to yellow-brown, medium copra content.
Growth
Tall palm, comparatively early bearing, well adapted to sandy coastal soils.
Yield
70-90 nuts per palm and year, reliable yield along the east coast.
Notes
Cross-pollinating, parent line of many Indian hybrids.
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