Coconut Tree, Tree of Thousand Benefits

Here are some of the benefits we can get from coconuts:

1. Root

The root of coconut is commonly used in various fields, including:

    Drinks and herbal medicines. The root of the coconut tree can be used as a dye, the basic ingredients of toothbrush making, and the basic ingredients for desserts. In addition, by consuming coconut root cooking water that has been filtered, can help treat various kinds of indigestion such as diarrhea, dysentery, and other digestive problems. It can also treat itching.
    Building construction. Because it has a fairly strong structure, the roots of coconut trees can also be used as a buffer of buildings (chicken claws).
    Flood prevention. Because it is able to absorb water in very large quantities, coconut root is also believed to prevent flooding. This is what may be used as the reason why coconut trees are grown in residential areas.

2. Trunk

Coconut trunk has many applications, such as:

    As a material of structure and interior design.

The use of coconut trunks for interior design is divided according to the quality of its density, namely:

    High-density coconut trunks, suitable for general structural such as pillars, rolls, white water rafting, furniture, windows, door frames, floors, decking and floor blocks.
    Medium density coconut trunks can be used for walls, ceilings, beams, and horizontal buttons.
    Low density coconut trunks are used in non-loaded bearing applications such as wood panels, internal and ceiling trims, and household appliances.

3. Leaf

    Coconut leaves are still young or so-called janur, can be used for various kinds of things, such as woven material for decorating a traditional ceremony, as a food wrapper, such as ketupat, and lemet.
    Coconut leaves are old, can be used as banahn webbing for the manufacture of roof and wall of the building.
    Coconut leaves that have been dried can also be used as woven material for making mats, hats, bags, and various other types of handicrafts. In addition, dried coconut leaves can also be used as the basic ingredients of paper makers after being extracted into mush.
    Stem or leaf called lidi, can also be used as a hygiene-making material, such as a garden broom.
    And maybe that we do not know, it turns out coconut leaves can also be used as an alternative to livestock feed. Coconut leaves are a favorite food for elephants.

4. Fruit

    Mesokarp in the form of fiber or can be called with a coir duty to protect the inside.
    Endokarp which is a hard part or commonly referred to as shell or shell. It has an impermeable properties. Endokarp serves to protect the seeds.
    Endospermium is a liquid that contains many enzymes. As we get older, it will undergo a solid phase that will eventually hide on the endocarp wall.