The botanical name for the coconut is cocos nucifera , with cocos believed to come from Spanish, meaning “monkey-faced” or “eerie-faced” and nucifera from Latin meaning nut-bearing plant (from fero = I bear and nux-nucis = nut). It’s nut, perhaps bearing three germinamore...
It is also known as the Orchid Tree, a name otherwise reserved for members of the genus Bauhinia . The extravagant flowers are seen hanging from the long inflorescence, or flower stalk, which is a bright crimson red at the end. There are 5 petals although 2 of these are minute anmore...