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Palm fruit fiber was extracted from palm tree. It was washed using pure water and then dried. The fibers were soaked in 5 percent Na OH solution for one hour. It was once again cleaned using pure water and oven dried. The fibers were cut into short fibers and prepared as separate mats. Nano coconut shell filler suspended in polyester resin was used as matrix to reinforce the developed fiber mats. Thus fabrication of alkali treated palm fruit fiber based composite was completed. Mechanical test were performed on all samples cut from the composite plate according to ASTM D standard and the values were recorded. Experimental results reveal palm specimen holds better values on comparing with few other natural fibers. The obtained values were validated with the values from the ANSYS software. Observations show that both results agree with each other.