Green coconuts are the same variety as the brown, hairy ones with which you may be more familiar. Both come from the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) (1). The difference lies in the age of the coconut.

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You've probably seen them in the grocery store — cans of coconut water with their come-hither photos of young, green coconuts, tops sheared off, a straw poking out, and blue and green boxes that ...

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