drinking King Coconut, Thambili

[doranakandawatta]

On Dambulla Mihintale road, 

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

10 hours ago, doranakandawatta said:

On Dambulla Mihintale road, 

Wow, nice big nuts!  How big are they, about 2ft. long and about 14 to 15 inches in diameter?  I have seen photos of a really tall variety (about 130 ft. tall) in Sri Lanka that produces HUGE coconuts about 28 to 30 inches long and about 16 to 17 inches in diameter that were in a horticultural book in a professor's office at the university I attended.  I wonder if this is the same variety?

[User00]

5 hours ago, Mr. Coconut Palm said:

Wow, nice big nuts!  How big are they, about 2ft. long and about 14 to 15 inches in diameter?  I have seen photos of a really tall variety (about 130 ft. tall) in Sri Lanka that produces HUGE coconuts about 28 to 30 inches long and about 16 to 17 inches in diameter that were in a horticultural book in a professor's office at the university I attended.  I wonder if this is the same variety?

this is not that verity this is called king coconut here.(im not sure this is malay gold or king) even many people call 'malay gold' as king coconut here,but true 'king coconut' variety is dark orange , large and very sweet water unlike malay gold, it used in ayurvedic medicine 

we had some of the 'tall coconut' you mentioned in one of our garden,very tall and large round fruits, trunk also little large than regular ones little rare here after all these cross breeds i will post a pic if i saw it 

another new veraity here is 'urban' coconut , developed for urban houses for landscaping and water,very small structured  tree compared to others fruiting started at 3 years 

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

Ahamed,

Thanks.  I look forward to the photos of the REALLY BIG coconut palm I was talking about and photos of the urban variety too if you can get some.

Thanks,

John

[doranakandawatta]

7 hours ago, User00 said:

this is not that verity this is called king coconut here.(im not sure this is malay gold or king) even many people call 'malay gold' as king coconut here,but true 'king coconut' variety is dark orange , large and very sweet water unlike malay gold, it used in ayurvedic medicine 

we had some of the 'tall coconut' you mentioned in one of our garden,very tall and large round fruits, trunk also little large than regular ones little rare here after all these cross breeds i will post a pic if i saw it 

another new veraity here is 'urban' coconut , developed for urban houses for landscaping and water,very small structured  tree compared to others fruiting started at 3 years 

Ahamed,

This is what they sell on the road side everywhere in Sri Lanka, I always believed it was King coconut for a nice drink. 

[User00]

3 minutes ago, doranakandawatta said:

Ahamed,

This is what they sell on the road side everywhere in Sri Lanka, I always believed it was King coconut for a nice drink. 

the true king is very dark orange and sweet taste than this, we had a tree but this one also good taste 

[doranakandawatta]

58 minutes ago, User00 said:

the true king is very dark orange and sweet taste than this, we had a tree but this one also good taste 

This is what we have at home: king or not king?

Anyway very tasty drink I always enjoy.

[Cluster]

So if I understood correctly these coconuts and King coconuts have sweet water, unlike the Malayan Gold which does not? Perhaps this is a king coconut then, how does the water compare to the Green malayan?