Coconut Palm: The Wonder Tree

• Posted by Evert Chris Dimalanta February 5, 2014 - Filed in Health - 921 views

  

   

  Also called Cocos nucifera or “nut-bearing”, coconut palm tree grows from 12 to 24 meters tall. Its fruit bears white edible flesh and fresh water. Coconut palms live on saline coastal regions. Why is it called coconut palm? It was the early Spanish conquistadors who named it coconut because “coco” means “monkey face”, attributing on the three indentations which look like eyes on the hairy nut resemble the head and face of a monkey.

  
  Health experts said that the fat in coconut oil is totally different from the oil found in animal fats. The coconut oil provides healing properties for certain ailments, such as:

  
  1. Diarrhea
  2. Bladder stones
  3. Wounds
  4. Constipation and ulcer
  5. Fever
  6. Urinary disorders
  7. Asthma
  8. Eczema
  9. Alopecia and hair loss
  10. Dehydration
  11. Gingivitis or gum inflammation

   

  The coconut tree not only provides healing but also food, drink and shelter which make it worthy to be called “the tree of life”.