Sri Lankan Fresh Coconut

Typica

• Also known as tall coconut verity.
• It grows to a height of about 18 m and the trunk is strong.
• The upper part of the stem grows spherical & large. (Root-ball formation).
• Frond grows to about 18 feet in length.
• Coconut flowers take about 5-6 years to form. (It is generally believed that the coconut flower comes after 52 coconut branches).
• This type of coconut flower has cross pollination as the male and female flowers are not active at the same time.
• On average one coconut tree produces 40-80 nuts per year.
• Successful productivity is about 60 years and is highly resistant to dry climates, poor soil nutrients, diseases and pests.

Subtypes of Typica coconut

1. Tall Type

• Coconut husks range in colour from green to red, yellow, orange, and brown.

2.Navasi

• It has a green skin and immature coconut husks (coconut fibre) have a delicious taste (this causes more damage to the fruit from animals).
• Has a soft coconut husk and slightly lower market value.

3.Gon Thembili

• The color of the coconut husk is orange and the middle rib of the coconut branch is also orange.
• The market value is for coconut water (orange water).
• Oil content of the kernel is high as about 69.%.

4.Ran Thembili

• Has a green coconut husk. But nowadays the coconut husk can be seen in golden-orange colour due to cross-pollination.
• The inside of an immature fruit turns pink.
• Has a very high medicinal value.

5.Pora pol

• Coconut shell is a denser and smaller coconut than other varieties.
• Contains more oil but less market value.
• Used for traditional Porapol sport.

6.Bodiri

• This plant which bears a large number of fruits is popular in the Southern Province.
• Some Bunch of coconuts has a fruit size as high as 50 coconuts and the size of the fruit is smaller compared to other varieties.
• Oil content is high at about 69.6%.

7.Kamandala

• This variety, with its relatively large size, is very similar to the Sanraman coconut in the Philippines.
• The number of coconuts produced in a bunch of coconuts is relatively small.
• This plant is also popular in the Southern Province.

8.Dikiri Pol

• This type of coconut has a jelly-like component instead of kernel and coconut water and has a very delicate taste.
• Generally some of the nuts in one bunch of coconuts are like this and the rest of the nuts become normal coconut.
• Coconut seedlings that have become dikiripol do not sprout and there is a possibility of obtaining dikiripol seedlings by nursing other fruits of the same type.

Nana

• Also known as short coconut verity.
• Growing up to 10.5 m tall, with a weak stem.
• No spherical growth at the base of the stem (Not formation of rootball).
• Fronds grow to about 13 feet in length.
• Coconut flowers take about 3-4 years to form. (It is generally believed that the coconut blossom comes after 38 coconut branches).
• The male and female flowers of this type of coconut flower get activated at the same time. Therefore, self-pollination takes place.
• The average number of fruits per tree per year is more than 90-100.
• Coconut kernel (apricot) is thinner than the fruits of taller varieties and has less copra composition.
• Successful productivity is about 40 years and it is susceptible to dry climates, poor soil nutrients, diseases and pests.
• Cultivates in a restricted environment and produces seeds.

Subtypes of Nana coconut

1.Green Kundira

• It has a green coconut husk and the frond is also green.

2.Yellow Kundira

• It has a yellow coconut husk and the frond is also yellow.