Coconut Variety: Kalpa Mitra

 Salient features

• The variety is relatively tolerant to drought and produces large, yellowish green, oval fruits.
• It is suited for west coast of India and West Bengal.
• Each 100 ml tender nut water of this variety contains 5.7 g total sugars, 1.3 mg free amino acids, 2,150 ppm potassium and 23.5 ppm sodium.
• The palms of this variety are tall with stout trunk and spherical canopy with many leaves.
• The fruits are large, oval and yellowish green.
• The palms are regular bearers and under rainfed conditions the average time taken for flowering is 85 months.
• The oil extracted from copra of this variety contains 47.88% lauric acid.

Performance
• It yields 80 nuts/palm with recovery of 19.3 kg copra/palm under rainfed condition.

Impact and benefits
• It performs well under both irrigated and rainfed conditions.
• The variety is relatively tolerant to drought.
• Suitable for cultivation for tender nut production.