BY DR THEN KEK HOE
COCONUT (Cocos nucifera) or commonly known as ‘tree of life’ with multifarious uses is an important oil and food crop that grows over 90 countries.
Coconut is mainly planted in Asia, Pacific Islands and South America.
The world coconut planted area in 2014 was about 12.20 million ha with total coconut production of 69.84 billion nuts annually.
