Chandrasankara (COD x WCT)

• Selection from: Chowghat Orange Dwarf x West Coast Tall
• Time take for bearing: 3 to 4 years
• Average Yield: 116 nuts / palm / year
• Copra content: 215 gram / nut
• Oil content: 68 per cent

Special Features

• This hybrid released by CPCRI, Kerala in 1991, for large scale cultivation in Kerala,Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
• This hybrid can be easily identified in the nursery as the seedlings exhibit vigorous growth with bronze coloured petioles.
• Chandrasankara are recommended for ideal situations and where good management practices are adopted.
• Chandrasankara is markedly superior to that of WCT in root (wilt) affected areas, cultivation of Chandrasankara is preferred in such areas