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Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is a perennial tree crop, which has a percapita consumption of 120 nuts/ year/ head in Sri Lanka. Nut is the most important economical part in a coconut palm. Fruit has to be de-husked before any production process and there is no any mechanical mean, available in Sri Lanka other than manual coconut de-husking with an iron spike. This has become a major problem in coconut...