Coconut palm
The palm of tropical coasts; because it opens a new inflorescence about every month, it supplies pollen and some nectar all year.
- Nectar
- Medium
- Pollen
- Good
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 15-30 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Coconut palm, the symbol of tropical coasts, is a palm that carries male and female flowers in the same inflorescence. Because a new inflorescence opens in turn in each leaf axil, it provides pollen and nectar without a break all year round. The male flowers give plenty of pollen; the female flowers secrete nectar. It is one of the basic plants for beekeeping on tropical islands and coasts.
Flowering
A mature palm opens a new inflorescence roughly every month; there is therefore hardly ever a time without flowers in the plantation.
Honey and pollen
Its pollen can cover a large part of the colonies' protein needs. It is not common as a separate monofloral honey; it ends up in mixed coastal honeys.
Note for the beekeeper
In plantations where inflorescences are cut to obtain palm sugar and sap, fewer flowers are left for bees. Keeping hives in coconut plantations also helps pollinate the female flowers. It does not grow outdoors in Turkey or on the European continent; this is an entry for information.