COCOANUTS
(Rout in by Ellen Drake, Aponga. Ago Ul.) Among the ninny uses of the coeonnnt palm is the following:—The leaves are made into roofing, mats, baskets, fodder, etc., the leaf stems into fences and domestic utensils. The sap yields “toddy” and the spirit called “arrack,” while the trunk produces a useful timber known as porcupine wood. .The outer husk of the nut yields the important coir fibre of commerce; the hard shell serves as a drinking vessel and as a source of charcoal; the dried kernel (copra) produces nut butter, margarine and the valuable cocoanut oil, the residue serving as cattlefood while the “milk” is used for drinking.
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Northern Advocate, 28 July 1934, Page 7
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109COCOANUTS Northern Advocate, 28 July 1934, Page 7
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