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Copra

Cocos nucifera

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

dried meat of the coconut

Habitat:

tropics, Philippines is the major producing country

Notes:

This seemed to be more of a local copra operation. They were drying the coconut on a rural road on the island of Guimaras.

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Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Spela, I do try and share some of the more unusual spottings.
Špela
Wow, I'd never seen something like that.
Ashish
Yes Coconut is cut into such pieces and dried in sunlight and used in daily cooking and produce famous coconut oil. Dan thanks for using our local word.
Ashish
Yes Coconut is cut into such pieces and dried in sunlight and used in daily cooling and famous coconut oil. Dan thanks for using our local word.

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PublishedMay 22, 2011

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