User:AJR
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I think Wikipedia is a wonderful site, and I want to do my bit to help make it even better.
About me
[edit]- I was born in 1983.
- In the summer of 2005 I graduated from the University of Bristol.
- My attempt to be elected treasurer of the University of Bristol Union failed dismally.
- I currently work as an IT technician for a large company who shall remain nameless.
- I am a Pantheist Quaker.
Wikipedia
[edit]- Wikiprojects I am a member of:
- Lists of things that can be done:
- My personal Wikipedia to-do list
- Images I have uploaded (Some are my own, some are found)
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The coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family, Arecaceae. Originally native to the Central Indo-Pacific, in the regions of Maritime Southeast Asia and Melanesia, coconuts are now found across the world due to human cultivation and dispersal. They are normally cultivated in hot and wet tropical climates. The term coconut also commonly refers to the seed and fruit of the coconut tree, which is botanically a drupe. The fruit has three layers including an edible white, fleshy endosperm and is filled with a liquid known as coconut water. The coconut thus played a critical role in the migration of Austronesian peoples across the Indian Ocean, as it provided a portable source of both food and water for long sea voyages. In modern times coconuts are used extensively in cooking and cuisine, using the raw flesh, the water or in alternative forms such as coconut milk and coconut butter. These coconuts, one whole and one halved, were grown in the Dominican Republic; this photograph was focus-stacked from 19 separate images.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus