Uses of the coconut palm

The coconut palm has a wide range of practical uses, from food to fuel, fibre, timber, and fodder for livestock.

Foods made from coconut include coconut meat, the white fleshy endosperm of the fruit; coconut milk, used for cooking; coconut water, and vinegar fermented from it; heart of palm, the apical buds, only obtainable by killing the tree; toddy, the sap of the tree; coconut oil, used in cooking; and coconut butter, a solidified form of the oil.

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