The Shortest Coconut Tree

MATAG HYBRID BABY COCONUT



MATAG is a hybrid coconut  produced from cross-pollination Low Malaya Tree and Tagnanan Malaya Tree. MATAG tree height can reach 15 meters. Leaves, flowers and fruit-colored either pale green or orange, depending on the type of parent trees Coconut Low Malaya. The average number of coconuts and copra Berta is higher than the hybrid Mawa.

MATAG tree can produce 25 to 30 thousand of fruit per hectare per year. Fruit is produced for a variety of uses such as for young coconut drinking water, coconut milk and also for the production of coconut (copra).

This variety has the characteristics of good agronomic growth 'robust' and 'vigorous' in the field. With good farm management and rainfall, MATAG tree start flowering in year 3 and the process of harvesting may be done in year 4.

Overall, the variety MATAG coconut provide high long-term. MATAG large coconut size, not only an advantage in terms of cost of collecting and peeled fibers, but also popular among domestic consumers.