The coconut Tree
The coconut which is a kind of palm is a very handsome tree. Its trunk rises straight
Up sometimes as highs fifty feet and is crowned with a circle of grand leaves shagged likefeathersand sometimes as much as twenty feet long. It grows only in hot countries and does best on a sandy shore near the sea It is very common on the coral islands in the pacific ocean and the islands and shores of the Indian ocean its fruit is the coconut a very large nut with a hard woody shell and a a white kernel The coconut palm is the most useful tree in the word for every part of it is good for something first take the nut when the shell is broken the hollow inside contains milky colored lipoid hitch is a refreshing and wholesome drink. The white kernel can be eaten as a food. In the pacific Islands, a great trade is carried on in ‘copra which is the dried kernel of coconuts. This contains and soap from the strong brown fiber is made into strong ropes andmats.The hard shellitself, when cut is used as a cup or carved into an ornament the leaves are used for making roofs for houses and woven into mats and baskets. And finally the wood is used for building and other purpos
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