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jenny

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Samoan coconut trees
« on: June 20, 2015, 02:47:45 PM »
does anyone grow this variety of coconut trees?

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Re: Samoan coconut trees
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2015, 03:36:30 PM »
I have one that I got last year as a sprouted coconut that's starting to go pinnate. It's also known as Niu Leka and Fiji dwarf. This page has some good information on it:

http://www.cogentnetwork.org/images/publications/catalog/countries/Fiji_49-53.pdf

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Re: Samoan coconut trees
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2015, 05:39:35 PM »
I bought 4 dwarf Fiji seedlings from the Broward rare fruit society sale.

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Re: Samoan coconut trees
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2015, 01:28:41 PM »
thank you zeeth...very interesting article.  do you know how I can get seeds or plants?   

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Re: Samoan coconut trees
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2015, 01:33:14 PM »
how much did you pay per plant purplealligator

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Re: Samoan coconut trees
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2015, 04:27:28 PM »
The Fiji Dwarf is a good juice coconut.  It's most admirable quality is that it bears fruit in about 5 years, when the fruit will less than 2 meters off the ground.  It's oil content is lower than many other varieties so it is mostly a backyard tree and not grown commercially that I'm aware of.   The Malaysian Dwarf is another popular variety here. It has a yellow fruit.

The Fijian name for this coconut, 'Niu Leka' actually means 'Coconut Short' but they eventually grow quite tall, 15 meters or more.   Like most coconut trees, the trunk attains it's full girth before putting on significant vertical growth.

This is one of my 6 year old trees:
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Re: Samoan coconut trees
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2015, 08:23:39 PM »
how much did you pay per plant purplealligator

I don't remember exactly  maybe $20.

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Re: Samoan coconut trees
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2015, 08:37:56 PM »
Quote from: jenny line=topic=16477.msg209080#msg209080 date=1434907721
thank you zeeth...very interesting article.  do you know how I can get seeds or plants?

There's a nursery in Pahoa that sells them (they also ship). You may be able to find some more locally but I'm not very familiar with Hawaii. Here's a link:

http://www.gaiayoga.org/nursery/prices_hawaii.html

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Re: Samoan coconut trees
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2015, 06:16:00 PM »
Here's a 3 year old Malaysian Dwarf with its first fruit at waist height.  It fruited despite the rhinoceros beetle damage.

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