Cocunut Tree
Coconut production in Kerala plays an important role in the
state economy and culture of Kerala in southwestern India. Kerala is actually
named after the coconut tree with "Kera" meaning Coconut tree and
"Alam" meaning land so means "Land of Coconut Trees".
Various terms like Copra and Coir are derived from the native Malayalam
language.
By the late 1970s it accounted for some 68% of total
production in India and at one stage some 899, 198 hectares were reportedly
under cultivation. Today Kerala produces roughly 45% of India's coconuts, with
some 92% of total production lying in the southern Indian states and Kerala's
neighbours. The Coconut Development Board which plays an important role in the
development of coconut production in India has its headquarters in Kochi,
Kerala.
