CONCLUSION
The coconut meat of both Nam Hom and NHK has higher amino acid content than coconut water. The coconut water of NHK at 12 months old has greater amount of amino acid than normal ripening nut.
The recommended coconut varieties for VCO production such as Thai Red Dwarf, and Na Likae from Thai Dwarf varieties group, Chumphon, and Kaloke from Local Thai Tall varieties group, Malayan Yellow Dwarf, West African Tall, Sri Lanka Tall, and Renell Tall from Foreign varieties group, and Sawi Hybrid no.1(MAWA), Chumphon Hybrid no.2, and Hybrid Chumphon 60 from Hybrid varieties group