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The Tree of Life
It is a common tree you will see in tropical places. You'll see it standing proudly along the shorelines, vast lands are usually covered by it and makes a beautiful landscape. What is it? The **coconut tree**. This tree is among the family of palm trees and can be found in the tropics. In the Philippines it is deemed as the 'tree of life' because it has many uses. Every part of this tree has its uses, from the leaves up to it's roots. So let's discuss it's uses. ***Leaves***. The leaves of the coconut tree is used for roofing, making *brooms* that is used for cleaning, and even used as a *wrapper* for a delicacy called suman (sticky rice with coconut milk). The stem where the leaves are connected is also used as a firewood.
***Coconut fruit***. The coconut fruit is very delicious. Young fruits can be made into *refreshments* such as buko salad, buko shake and the buko juice. We also make 'bukayo' a sweet *delicacy* out of young fruits. Adult fruits are sources of coconut milk that we use for *cooking*, making *jams* and also a source of palm *oil* or virgin coconut oil that we use for *frying foods*, *treating wounds* and makes the hair shiny.
The coconut shell can be made into *coals* used for cooking and can also be used as a *firewood*.
We also make crafts out of it such as *kitchen utensils*. It is also used as a costume for the traditional or folk dance 'maglalatik'. While the *husk* can be used when making smoked fish.
Coconut trunk. The trunk is a good source of *lumber* used for building and it can also be used to make *furnitures*.
Coconut Roots. I haven't seen or tried using the roots but my grandpa told us before that they use it as herbal and it has *medical* benefits. ***Indeed, coconut is not just a nut. It is an extraordinary 'nut'.***
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Good morning! This is a fantasy!
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Yeah. All parts of coconuts is useful. Now I know that the brown thing they burnt while cooking a smoke fish is comes from coconut. 😅
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Yeaah all its parts are useful. Thanks for this infor dear😊
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The ending was so nice! Indeed, coconut is not just a nut. It is an extraordinary 'nut'. Nakakamiss kumain ng natural na buko😊
Improving ang inglishing natin 😆 Nakakamiss talaga lalo na yung fresh from the tree tapos dun ka mismo sa bunga iinom nung fresh juice 🤤
The coconut plant is rich in various ways
Indeed it is.
coconut is everything, I mean from roots to top, they are useful nothing is a waste.
Right. You've got it summarized perfectly 😁
Good article indeed
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I didn't know..a versatile coconut.I only knew coconut.In my country we can only buy walnut
It is indeed versatile. Every part of that tree is useful and nothing is wasted. Let's a lot more uses that i failed to mention in this article. And I haven't seen a a real walnut, I only see it in pictures 😅
Nice .GIF animation of fishing grill, isnt it? Fish smells best when cooked in smoke. The natives knew that. One should learn from ancestors.
Coconut tree is no doubt the tree of life. I really like reading your articles. They are indeed entertaining. ❤️
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Coconut tree is one of the most versatile tree and as you pointed correctly every part can be used for something.
Nothing is wasted in that tree. Every part is important. Thanks for your comment.
I don't have this tree in my country. But when I go to a vacation I love to enjoy in this tree. I look at it and think about how I would like to have one in my yard.
Oh really? May I know from what country are you?
Yeah, why not. Serbia (Europe). Novak Djokovic's country. I'm sure you know who is he
Oh okay. I've heard about that country before. So you can't find this tree in that country.
Unfortunately, climatic conditions do not allow us to grow such plants
Oh that's unfortunate indeed. I'm sure there are also plants that don't grow here but you have it there 😊
I am sure that you are right. But I have to look which plants are that.
Those photos are really amazing! Al your posts are really great! YOu always improve my mood!
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Have you known that a coconut young leaves (the very center) tastes so good also?... I grew somewhere in Mindanao and I just experienced it when i was a youngster when we have one young coconut tree in our front yard but when the space is needed for construction of bathroom, it was cut down by the help of our neighbor😢. That neighbor taught us that the young leaves are edible🤣. And the young bud produces juice that is collected by wine makers in parts of the country where lots of coconut grows. They called it "tuba". I dont know the other terms in the other localities. If this wine stored for a long time, it will turn into vinegar. Mature coconut meat when dried is called copra which is source of edible fat. This are based on my experience only😊. Hope i contributed and added something to your knowledge. 😊
Thanks for that! I know those facts, I wonder why I forgot to add them on the article 😅 In fact we call the young leaves here as 'sumlang' and it taste good and sweet. Most of our neighbors in my new home doesn't know that it can be eaten and the last time we cooked we gave our neighbors some and they we're amazed that it can actually be eaten. My grandpa used to make tuba however I haven't tried it. And since my grandparents own a land with lots of coconut trees their primary source of income before comes from copra so I'm quite familiar with that. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, not all knows that 😊
Its ok for not adding.... So i can have something to comment. 😊 Its good you are familiar with those i mentioned. I didn't even knew the young leaves can be cooked🤣. All i know is it can be eaten raw. Nice sharing of knowledge😊
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