Pohon pada umumnya akan tumbang, atau setidaknya mengalami patah cabang, saat diterjang badai. Namun hal itu tak berarti untuk pohon kelapa.
Pohon yang identik dengan iklim torpis tersebut memiliki daya tahan yang luarbiasa saat terjadi cuaca buruk. Namun bagaimana hak itu bisa terjadi?
Seorang ahli geokimia memberikan penjelasannya. Dikatakan bahwa pohon kelapa berbeda dengan jenis pohon besar lain yang berkayu. Hal ini yang membuat pohon kelapa bisa tahan dari terpaan badai.
"Sebagai gantinya, Anda akan menemukan serentetan jaringan spons yang tersebar, bukan diatur," kata Hope Jahren dalam otobiografinya berjudul "Lab Gril", dikutip dari Live Science, Senin (18/9/2017).
Sebagian besar pohon berkayu memiliki pola lingkaran saat mereka tubuh besar setiap tahunnya. Namun pohon kelapa berbeda, beberapa dari selnya mudah dibentuk dan lainnya bisa dengan mudah dilipat serta kembali ke posisi semula.
"Kurangnya struktur konvensional adalah apa yang memberi kelapa fleksibilitas dan membuatnya dapat menyesuaikan... dengan angin yang pelan hingga menyatu dengan badai yang mengerikan," tulis Jahren.
Struktur itu membuat pohon kelapa tumbuh subur di daerah tropis yang hangat dan berangin. Genus pohon kelapa diketahui ada sebanyak 188 jenis yang terdiri dari 2.585 spesies.
Meski demikian tidak semua pohon kelapa memiliki kekuatan yang sama di setiap wilayah. Pohon kelapa yang dipindahkan ke tempat baru mungkin akan kehilangan kekuatannya.
Selain itu permukaan tanah yang basah juga turut melemahkan cengkeraman akar pohon kelapa sehingga dapat memungkinkan tercabut oleh sapuan angin.
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Trees will generally fall, or at least have broken branches, when hit by a storm. But that does not mean for coconut trees. Trees identical to the torpic climate have exceptional durability during bad weather. But how can that right happen? A geochemist gives an explanation. It is said that the coconut tree is different from other large woody tree species. This makes the coconut tree can withstand the storm. "Instead, you will find a spate of spongy tissue scattered, not regulated," Hope Jahren said in his autobiography entitled "Lab Gril", quoted by Live Science on Monday (18/09/2017). Most woody trees have circular patterns when they are big bodies each year. But coconut trees are different, some of them are easily formed and others can easily be folded and back to their original position. "The lack of conventional structures is what gives coconut the flexibility and makes it able to adjust ... with a slow wind to blend into a terrible storm," Jahren wrote. The structure makes coconut trees thrive in warm, windy tropics. The genus of coconut trees is known to exist as many as 188 species consisting of 2585 species. However, not all coconut trees have the same strength in every region. Coconut trees that are moved to a new place may lose its power. In addition, the wet soil surface also contributes to weakening the grip of the root of the coconut tree so that it can be allowed to be uprooted by the wind sweep.
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