Coconut Palm Leaf Roof

Old while colonial roof and coconut tree in mauritius.

Coconut palm leaf roof.

The term coconut or the archaic cocoanut can refer to the whole coconut palm the seed or the fruit which botanically is a drupe not a nut the name comes from the old portuguese and spanish word coco meaning head or skull after the three indentations on the. Palm leaves are nailed upside down so the water flows down the v of the leaf. Dried palm leaves thatched roof pavilion and sunshade on the tropical beach. Screens made from coconut leaves.

Sunlight shining through coconut palm tree leaf pavilion roof easter island chile. Aug 4 2012 how to weave a thatch roof from coconut palm fronds. Good quality synthetic thatch tiles for palm leaf hut. The slender leaning ringed trunk of the coconut palm rises to a height of up to 25 metres 80 feet from a swollen base and is surmounted by a graceful crown of giant featherlike leaves mature fruits ovoid or ellipsoid in shape 300 450 mm 12 18 inches in length and 150 200 mm 6 8 inches in diameter have a thick fibrous husk surrounding the familiar single.

School sign under palm leaves roof christmas island kiribati. The coconut tree cocos nucifera is a member of the palm tree family and the only living species of the genus cocos. T t western union trade terms. Furnace palm leaf roof hut part 1.

Hawaii s coconut joe weaves a palm fronds hat. The coconut palm cocos nucifera also called coconut palm is the epitome of all tropical plants. Coconut palm on our island long caye at glover s reef in belize those leaves are something like 18 feet long. 4 pieces for 1 square meters roof.

1000 piece pieces supply ability. The palm which originates from the humid warm tropics produces about 30 to 40 coconuts per year in optimal locations there can be up to 150 nuts. Every fall in fact in about 3 weeks we take a whole pile literally boatloads of leaf out to the island from the jungle to reroof some of our buildings.