Cocos nucifera ‘Makapuno’

Also known as Kopyor coconut, Makapuno

Macapuno, also called coconut sport, is a naturally occurring coconut cultivar that has an abnormal development of the endosperm. The result of this abnormal development is a soft translucent jelly-like flesh that fills almost the entire central cavity of coconut seeds, with little to no coconut water.

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Food.name: Macapuno
Food.image: Macapuno.jpg
Food.caption: The endosperm of macapuno coconuts are jelly-like and fill almost the entirety of the central cavity in coconut seeds
Food.alternate_name: Coconut sport
Food.country: Philippines (originally domesticated)
Food.region: Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
Food.national_cuisine: Philippines, Indonesian
Food.main_ingredient: Coconut

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Instance of: cultivar
Parent taxon: Cocos nucifera
Image: Macapuno.jpg

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described at URL: web.archive.org/web/20151020105211/http://www.floridagardener.com/palms/coconutpalm.htm
taxon name: Cocos nucifera ‘Makapuno’
taxon rank: cultivar
Commons category: Macapuno

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