Kerasankara (WCT x COD)

  • Selection from: West Coast Tall x Chowghat Orange Dwarf
  • Time take for bearing: 4 years
  • Average Yield: 108 nuts / palm / year
  • Copra content: 187 gram / nut
  • Oil content: 68 per cent

Special Features

  • This variety released by CPCRI, Kerala in 1991, for large scale cultivation in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
  • This hybrid palms are precocious and exhibit higher productivity than the parents.
  • Recommended for general cultivation both under rainfed and irrigated conditions.