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Coconut
The coconut palm, has been eulogised as 'Kalpavriksha'
the all giving tree in the classics of India. Its fruit is called
Lakshmi Phal which is used in most of the social and religious
functions in India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, irrespective
of whether the palm is grown locally or not. The use of coconut
through out India makes it a symbol of national unity and perhaps
in the olden times the people of our country or our ancestors
might have migrated from a coconut growing area. It is also
possible that coconut had been cultivated in many parts of India
and the climatic and geographical changes in due course might
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