A coconut tree.

in #steemit6 years ago

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It's just a simple kind of a tree but many people doesn't know the different kinds of uses of this tree.

Botanically a palm, the coconut is known in Philippines as "buko " in Tagalog but "LOBI" in visayas area the great source"
Known as the "tree of life" in many other languages.

No other plant on earth gives so much.

Food, drink, oil, fuel, weaving's, rope, lumber, wine, mulch, candles, darts, and bowls are just a few of the uses of this incredible plant.

Coconuts produce fruit all year round in a spiral pattern reaching toward the sky.

Living up to (or over 100 years)


lifecycle of a coconut tree

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And this is what we called a tree of life...

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