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What is a coir pot?

Coir glossary · Updated 2026-09-25 · Also in Português →

Plant container molded from coconut fiber and a binder, used for ornamentals, orchids and ferns and for plants set out in the ground in their pot. In Brazil it replaced the tree-fern (xaxim) pot.

Coir pot: properties and background.

In a trial of biocontainers for greenhouse production (Evans, Taylor and Kuehny, 2010), coconut fiber containers, made of medium and long husk fibers with a binder, were among those with the lowest dry lateral strength and the highest water loss through the walls. They showed no visible algal or fungal growth after 6 weeks and decomposed the least in soil over 8 weeks (4% and 1.5% at the two trial sites).

In Brazil, the traditional pot and orchid substrate was xaxim, the trunk of the tree fern Dicksonia sellowiana. The National Center for Flora Conservation (CNCFlora) assesses the species as Endangered (EN) and names trunk extraction for pots and substrate as the main threat. CONAMA Resolution 278/2001 banned cutting and exploitation of threatened species in natural populations of the Atlantic Forest.

Coir pot: equivalents.

PT: vaso de fibra de coco · ES: maceta de fibra de coco

Sources: Evans et al. 2010 · CNCFlora. Definition from the Carve coir glossary, where the full source list is given.

Related terms.

Coir fiber: Fibers mechanically extracted from the mesocarp of mature coconut.

Bristle fiber: Longer, stiffer fibers extracted from the outer mesocarp of mature coconut husk.

Growing medium / substrate: Any material used in place of natural soil for plant cultivation in containers, bags, trays or hydroponic channels.

See also: Coir fiber for molded pots · Coir fiber for orchid substrate · back to the coir glossary.

Sources.

  1. Evans, M. R., Taylor, M., Kuehny, J. (2010). Physical properties of biocontainers for greenhouse crops production. HortTechnology 20(3): 549–555. doi:10.21273/HORTTECH.20.3.549. doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH.20.3.549
  2. Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora (CNCFlora/JBRJ). Dicksonia sellowiana Hook. — extinction risk assessment. Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, 2012. proflora.jbrj.gov.br/html/Dicksonia%20sellowiana_2012.html
  3. Brazil. National Environment Council. CONAMA Resolution No. 278 of 24 May 2001. Text in the FAOLEX database (FAO). faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bra173508.pdf
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About this page. Part of the coir glossary maintained by Carve Biorrefinaria Agroindustrial Ltda, a coir pith and fiber producer in Paraipaba, Ceará, Brazil. Corrections: comercial@carvebio.com.br.