Coconut is a large palm, growing in a tropical countries. It grow vigorously on sandy soils and lightly tolerant of salty waters. It prefer an area with rich supply of sunlight and rainfall. It needs high humidity and not good in dry climate. It needs warm condition for successful growth.

It is made from a dry nut which is full of sinews and pulpy middle layer with a hard woody inner shell enclosing a single seed.

The coconut meat is the one that attach to the inside wall of the stone of the coconut. It is the white and fleshy edible part of the seed. It contain less fat which is saturated and contain less sugar, more protien, high in minerals like zinc, iron and phosphorous. If the coconut still green the meat is thin and tender. It can be made into nata de coco as snack and it is softer and more like jelly.

Coconut has a three bud outlet that are plainly perceptible to the eye when the husk is removed. It is the stone of the coconut which is the hardest part called the shell. It can be use as fuel and can be made as charcoal. The dried coconut shell with husk can be cut into half and it can be used as a floor scrub. It can be made also as wooden pin for cooking.

This is the picture of a coconut cream. It is made by grating the white and fleshy meat of a mature coconut and mix with warm water. The white thick is the cream will be used in cooking by most Asians and it can be made also as coconut candy mix with brown sugar. It can also be refrigerated or doing by a controlled heating to make a coconut virgin oil, which is the cream will rise to the top and separate out of the milk. The left over in making the coconut milk is used also as supply and can be a nourishment for the animals in the farm or ranch.

The coconut juice is produce by cutting the flower cluster of the coconut tree and can be drunk as wine known as “Tuba” in the Philippines.

The water from the immature coconut or not fully develop young coconut can be drunk also as fresh and sweet. It is highly nutritious refreshing drink when the weather is humid and use as a sports drink in the Philippines.

The coconut leaves can be made as materials to make baskets and straw for roof cover and the fiber of the husk of the coconut is used in making rope and the leaflets midribs tied together can be made as brooms and brushes. The trunk of the coconut is used to make furnitures and the roots can be use as dye.

All parts of the coconut are useful. It is an economic value and it is the tree of a thousand uses.