how do coconut seed disperse?

Answer 1

The embryo from which the coconut plant oroginates is found at the bottom of the coconut and is embedded in the soft coconut meat called the endosperm.

The cocounut is hollow to help it float (as most trees grow near the coastal regions) until it finds a good place to germinate and grow into a tee.

Here is a website to show you the actual spot for the 'seed'

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph10.htm

Answer 2

Oh God!

Okay , coconut fruit last minimum 2 years or longer up to 5 years in salt water.

It takes more than that to sink a coconut fruit. So it floats for that long. !!!

Immediately off the tree ,, the coconut fruit is a Coca-Cola in a can. Good for man and monkey. U drink it.

The primodia (like an embryo , off white bud) usually begins to grow after it drops. It takes at least 8 months in the hot tropics before the thing is ready to germinate.

Usually in the tropics the primodia doesn't fill the cavity but makes a turn upward and out. Therefore the nut is polymorphic in that it can decide to grow in before turning out which delays the germination to 2 and 3 years.

When this primodia is one third into growth ,, it tastes like sh it ,, just yucky. I bet you guys don't see the coconut morph that way.

Most of the mophorlogy happens after it drops off the palm.

Answer 3

coconut seeds are also known as coconuts!
they disperse by falling in the ocean and then floating on the waves until the reach another island (or land) and taking root there and growing into a new coconut tree!

Answer 4

When they fall of the tree and somehow the soil there is soft enough and the impact was hard enough so there is instant planting of the seed, ya? Or maybe when the coconut is washed away the water and deposited by the bank... and voila! We have a tree growing...

Answer 5

By water. The seeds, which are actually coconuts have strong hollow husks that trap air to enable floating. The fibers help in floating as well.

Answer 6

The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera), is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaves 4-6 m long, pinnae 60-90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly leaving the trunk smooth. The term coconut refers to the fruit of the coconut palm.

Origins and cultivation :-The origins of this plant are the subject of controversy with some authorities claiming it is native to southeast Asia, while others claim its origin is in northwestern South America. Fossil records from New Zealand indicate that small, coconut-like plants grew there as far back 15 million years ago. Even older fossils have been uncovered in Rajasthan & Maharashtra, India. Regardless of its origin, the coconut has spread across much of the tropics, probably aided in many cases by sea-faring peoples. The fruit is light and buoyant and presumably spread significant distances by marine currents: fruits collected from the sea as far north as Norway have been found to be viable (subsequently germinated under the right conditions). In the Hawaiian Islands, the coconut is regarded as a Polynesian introduction, first brought to the Islands by early Polynesian voyagers from their homelands in the South Pacific.

The coconut palm thrives on sandy soils and is highly tolerant of salinity. It prefers areas with abundant sunlight and regular rainfall (750 to 2,000 mm annually), which makes colonising shorelines of the tropics relatively straightforward. Coconuts also need high humidity (70–80%+) for optimum growth, which is why they are rarely seen in areas with low humidity (e.g. the Mediterranean), even where temperatures are high enough (regularly above 24°C). They are very hard to establish and grow in dry climates without frequent irrigation. The only two states in the U.S. where coconut palms can be grown and reproduce outdoors without irrigation are Hawaii and Florida. The farthest north a coconut palm has been known to grow outdoors is in Newport Beach, California along the Pacific Coast Highway. In order for coconut palm to survive in Southern California they need sandy soil, minimal water in the winter to prevent root rot and would benefit from root heating coils.

The flowers of the coconut palm are polygamomonoecious, with both male and female flowers in the same inflorescence. Flowering occurs continuously, with female flowers producing seeds. Coconut palms are believed to be largely cross-pollinated, although some dwarf varieties are self-pollinating.

Answer 7

coconut is its seed. naturalty it fall on the ground or water and starts growing by pick soil backround, manully we have to put it in wet soil to grow up

Answer 8

African swallows, my friend. Working in pairs, of course.

Answer 9

If they hit the ground hard enough they might get buried...

Answer 10

floating on water.