The coconut tree (cocos nucifera) is one type of palm tree, probably one of the most well known.Most palm ... the coconut fruit. Other types of palm trees bear fruit, such as the date palm (phoenix dactylifera) and the queen palm (syagrus romanzoffiana), whose fruit is a similar, smaller version of the coconut. read more
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The coconut tree shares these characteristics, but also bears the coconut fruit. Other types of palm trees bear fruit, such as the date palm (phoenix dactylifera) and the queen palm (syagrus romanzoffiana), whose fruit is a similar, smaller version of the coconut. In Madagascar another palm was recently identified--the beccariophoenix alfredii. read more
Coconut Tree By Sheri Engstrom; Updated September 21, 2017 The palm tree (Palmaceae) contains more than 3,000 species in more than 230 families in the world, as of August 2010. read more