The coconut is nut of a palm tree,and is know as useful to millions of people.now here's strange thing about this tree.nobody knows where it originated.At the dawn of history,this tree was already growing in every tropical land and seemed to have always been part of landscape.scientists believe that the nuts were carried in ancient times by the ocean tides and by men from one tropical country to another.In this way,they spread everywhere,so long ago that we can't trace them back to any one place.
The coconut is an oblong fruit,averaging from 30 to 45 centimetres in length and 15 to 20 centimetres in diameter for commercial purposes.coconuts are split and allowed to dry.the white meat is then scooped out and dried further.It is called copra and has a heavy,sickening odour.but,from this comes the valuable coconut oil which has been used as a food for thousands of years.
Every signal part of the coconut palm tree is put to use in some way by tropical people ?Its stem and leaves furnish them with shelter.from the unopened flowers,the indians and south sea natives draw out a juice.They drink this in its natural state or ferment it to make an intoxicating liquor.
The heart of the flower is cooked as a vegetable.The milk of the coconut makes a thirst-quenching drink.from the mass of fibers is obtained a valuable fertilizer.from the trunk of the tree,furniture is made.The long leaves furnish fibres from which hats are made.it is one of the most useful trees growing anywhere.
