GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Tamil Nadu
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Lakshadweep
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Kerala
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Telangana
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Detailed explanation-1: -Major coconut growing states in India are Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Among them Kerala is the leading state in area under cultivation of coconut and its production.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kerala literally means “Land of Coconut Trees”; so the state owes its name to this hard-shelled fruit. Kerala is combined of two words: “Kera” meaning coconut tree and “Alam” meaning land. The shores of backwaters are dotted by rows of coconut trees across the landscape of Kerala.
Detailed explanation-3: -The state tree of Kerala is the coconut palm, native to tropical eastern regions, today it is grown both over the Asian continent (India, Ceylon, Indonesia) and in Central and South America (Mexico, Brazil), in Africa.