Coconut Variety: Kalpa Prathiba

 Salient features

• The variety is regular bearer and relatively tolerant to drought and takes 88 months for flowering under rainfed conditions.
• It is suitable for cultivation in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
• The palms are tall with a compact spherical canopy.
• Fruits are large, round and predominantly green.
• The quality of tender nut water is good which contains 5.5 g total sugars, 1.1 mg free amino acids, 2,150 ppm potassium and 21.7 ppm sodium/100 ml.
• The oil extracted from the copra of this variety has 47.81% lauric acid.

Performance
• It yields 91 nuts/palm per year under rainfed conditions which gives 23.3 kg copra recovery.
• It performs well under both irrigated and rainfed conditions.
• Suitable for cultivation for tender nut and good quality tender nut water.