coconut is which type of fruit
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Scientific Name - Cocos nucifera
Fruit Type - Drupe
Edible Part - Fleshy Mesocarp
Other features - Mesocarp is fibrous which is used in making coir, hence called Fibrous Drupe
About Drupe -
Mostly one seeded fruits with pericarp differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and hard and stony endocarp.
Other Examples Of Drupe
Mango (Mangifera indica)
Walnut (Juglans regia)
Coconut is botanically a drupe. You may find the reference in old NCERT books. I don’t know it’s the new updated books have the reference or not.
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