COCOA-NUT TREE. 
MONOECIA HEXANDRIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx of three leaves. 
Corolla of three petals. 
Female. Calyx of two leaves. 
Corolla of six petals. 
Seed-vessel a fibrous husk, containing a large oval 
nut. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Cocos nucjfera. C. inermis, frondibus pinnatis, foliolis repli- 
catis ensiformibus. Linn. Spec. Plant. 
Willd. 4. p. 400. 
Without thorns or prickles, leaf-stalk pin- 
nated, leaves sword-shaped and bending- 
back. 
Coccus frondibus pinnatis, foliolis ensiformi- 
bus margine villosis. Hort. Cliff. 4S3. 
Palma indica coccifera angulosa. Bauh. 
Pin. 502. 
Calappa. Rumph. Am!:. 1 . p. 1 . pi. 1 , 2. 
Tenga. Rheed. Mai. 1 . p. 1 . pi. 1 — 4. 
Cocoa-Nut Tree. Jacq. Amer. 27/. t. 1(X). Roxb. Carom. 1. 
p. 52. pi. 73. 
This tree is an inhabitant of India, Africa, and 
America: its trunk, which grows to the height of 
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