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The hard ovoid shaped fruit of the coconut palm tree (''Cocos nucifera'') native to the tropics. Coconuts have a fibrous outer husk (see coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera); coconut shells; kokos (Dan.); Kokosnuss (Deut.); Kokosnusspalme

...is sulfur bleached (blanca fiber) which produces an off-white, but acidic fiber. The bleached fibers may dye poorly and degrade readily. [[File:Coconutpalmwp2.jpg|thumb|Coconut palm ''Cocos nucifera'']]