Location:

• State: Tamil Nadu
• Locality: Tiruvannamalai: On private property of The Forest Way conservation group

Botany:

• Common name: Coconut Palm or Nariyal: The famous coconut tree, used for food and materials throughout the tropics, grows naturally in coastal regions worldwide
• Botanical species: Cocos nucifera
• Botanical family : Arecaceae [Palm]

Geography:

• Latitude: 12.207977 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 79.027485 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 180.5 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Around the Corner
• Path : Coastal Kerala to the Southernmost point of India, to the granite hills of Andhra Pradesh
• Date photographed: 17.01.10

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• Search Google Images to see other perspectives of the same species: Cocos nucifera (Coconut Palm or Nariyal)
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