The intact and the trimmed samples were sectioned along the stem axis using a saw and a large sharp knife (Fig. 2). Following this, a selected half sample that had been arranged horizontally was photographed using an Olympus C750 Ultra zoom digital camera (Olympus Corp., Japan). The dimensions of the young coconut were then measured using the Measure Tool (I) function in the Adobe Photoshop CS (Adobe Systems Inc., CA, USA) computer software application.