what are coconuts?

Question

are coconuts fruits? how are thy grown? are they nuts?

Answer 1

1 ) Are coconuts fruits ? = Yes coconuts are fruits of drupe type that develop on coconut tree.

2 ) How are they grown ? = They are grown from the fruits or the seeds that are inside . No other method developed so far .

Coconut is a tropical tree that is found in abundance and cultivated as a major crop in the tropical countries like India and Srelanka .

3 ) Are they nuts ? = No from the botanical point of view it is not a nut type of fruit . It is Drupe type of fruit . Due to the fibrous nature of its fruit wall it is called a 'Fibrous Drupe' .

But in no way it is a nut . Due to its hard inner shell it is called (albeit wrongly ) as nut . Fruits with hard walls are usually called nuts.

Click on the link below to have detail information about Coconuts =
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut

Click on the links below for good pictures that will add to your knowledge.==

http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/BotanicalSciences/PlantReproduction/FloweringPlant/FertilizationandFruits/coconut.gif

http://www.uq.edu.au/_School_Science_Lessons/53CcNuts0.GIF

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/Webb/BOT410/Angiosperm/Fruits/PALMFruitBIODIDACRGB400Lab.jpg

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/Webb/BOT410/Angiosperm/CoconutDrawFruitsLab.jpg

Answer 2

a coconut is not consider a fruit is like the word say a nut fron the insade of a coco
and it grows from a palm tree

Answer 3

A coconut is a seed. The fruit is the outer pericarp (the stringy stuff that you have to remove to get to the coconut.)

Answer 4

They are nuts and grow on palm trees , waaaaaaaaay up in the trees.