Copra is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. The Coconut Palm ( Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family The name copra is derived from the Malayalam word kopra (കൊപ്ര) for dried coconut. Not to be confused with the Malay language. Malayalam (മലയാളം malayāḷaṁ) is a Dravidian language used
Coconut oil is traditionally extracted by grating or grinding copra, then boiling it in water. Bangalore ( officially Bengaluru ( Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the district with the same name see Kozhikode District. Kerala ( Malayalam: {{Kerala in Malayalam}}; Coconut oil, also known as coconut butter, is a tropical oil with many applications It was developed as a commercial product by merchants in the South Seas and South Asia in the 1860s. For the Noel Coward play see South Sea Bubble (play. The South Sea Bubble of 1720 was an Economic bubble that occurred Nowadays, the process of coconut oil extraction is done by crushing copra to produce coconut oil; the by-product is known as cake. This 19th century copra trading inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's 1893 novella The Beach of Falesa. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in Island Nights' Entertainments (also known as South Sea Tales) is a collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in [1]
Making copra — removing the shell, breaking up, drying — is usually done where the coconut palms grow. Today, large plantations with integrated operations have appeared, but in former years copra was collected by traders going from island to island and port to port in the Pacific Ocean. Fundamentally a plantation is usually a large Farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country on which Cotton, Tobacco The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions
In India, Tiptur in Tumkur District (Karnataka state) is famous for its copra. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Tiptur ( Kannada: Http//kn Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ pronounced) is a state in the southern part of India It is a major export of the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, and Tuvalu, as well as several Caribbean countries. The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu ( French: République de Vanuatu, Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu) is an Island Kiribati or ( kirr-i-bas or KEE-ree-buhss ˈkiɾibas in Gilbertese) officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an Island nation located in Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian Island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and
Copra meal is also used as fodder for horses and cattle. In Agriculture, fodder or animal feed is any Foodstuff that is used specifically to feed Domesticated Livestock, such as Its high oil levels and protein are very fattening for stock and it is popular among horse enthusiasts. [2] The unique benefits of copra meal for horses and cattle has been researched by Dr T. J. Kempton. The protein in copra meal has been heat treated and provides a source of high quality bypass protein for cattle, sheep and deer [3]
External links
- Is Copra potentially a horse killer? - Horsetalk.co.nz
- Copra linked to cancer-causing agent
- Not all copra created equal
- copras
- Making Coconut Oil - The Old Chamorro Way
- Coconut and Copra
References
- ^ Treasured Islands: Cruising the South Seas With Robert Louis Stevenson. Lowell D. Holmes, (2001). Sheridan House. [ISBN 1574091301]
- ^ Cocos nucifera from AFRIS - Animal feed Resources Information System
- ^ Livestock Library
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