Benefits of Coconut for Human

Coconut in Latin known as Cocos Nucifera is a tropical tree that is classified into palm tribe. Oil plants is estimated to come from the Indian Ocean coast, until now the spread has spread throughout the world tropical beach.

Coconut tree is a tree that can live up to tens of years, plants that grow in coastal areas can grow well in areas with rainfall of 1300-2300 mm / year or even more, an area with a height of 600 m above sea level, as well as areas with adequate sunlight intensity.

Classification and general characteristics of oil plants

Scientific classification of plants coconut

Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots[1]
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Cocoeae
Genus:	Cocos
Species:	C. nucifera

General characteristics of oil plants

1. Plants that can adapt well in sandy areas like beaches have common traits are easily recognizable, among others:
2. Consisting of a single tree trunk, root-shaped fibers, with a structure that is thick and woody, clustered to form tubers.
3. Coconut tree trunks has sections and if a tree is old, the segments will be reduced. Coconut trunk is a type of wood that is strong enough, but unfortunately not good for building.
4. Coconut leaves a single leaf with pinnate leaves bone groove.
5. Compound interest and is situated on a circuit that is protected by bractea, flower consists of male and female flowers. Female flowers located at the base of the bouquet, while the male flowers in part away from the base.
6. Coconut fruit is generally large, with a diameter of about 10cm - 20cm or even more. Coconut fruit color depends on the type of tree (can be yellow or green), for the fruit that is old will change color to brown.

Benefits of Coconut for Humans

Coconut is one kind of plant versatile and has a high economic value. All parts of the coconut tree can provide benefits to humans from the roots to the leaves and fruit of course. Here are some of the beneficiaries of palm trees by man:

1. The roots: It can be used as raw material for brewing and dyes
2. Part Stem: Used as raw material for furniture, furniture, as wood, or firewood.
3. The leaves: Coconut leaves can be used as a wrapping material or woven to be the roof of the house, while the sticks used to make brooms.
4. Part of interest: produce a fluid known as sap water that has a sweet taste, can be used as raw material for the manufacture of sugar juice or drinkable.
5. Fruit section: This section consists of the skin (husk), shells, coconut meat and coconut water. Rind (coconut husk) is often used as a raw material for making the mat, Coconut shell can be used as charcoal, coconuts for consumption or processed to be used as palm oil, coconut water last as relieving thirst and also useful as a medicinal plant to improve the health of the body.

Benefits of Coconut Herbaceous Plants

Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a plant that is used by humans mainly as a spice and fruit that is cooking. Palm usually grows on the beach, tall trees can reach 30 m. This palm tree can grow up to 1000 m above sea level.
Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a plant species of the tribe of palm or Arecaceae and is the sole member in the genus Cocos. These herbs are used almost all its parts by humans so it is considered as a versatile plant, especially for coastal communities. Coconut is also the name for the fruit produced by this plant.

Benefits of Coconut Herbaceous Plants

The characteristics of herbaceous plants coconut is as follows:
- Tree: Stem single or sometimes branched.
- Roots: The fibers, thick and woody, clustered to form tubers.
- Stem: stem jointed old but when it is not too visible.
- Leaf: Composed compounded, single parallel pinnate, midrib on leaf stalks short mothers, sitting on the stem, yellowish green leaf colour.
- Flowers: Structured compound on the circuit that is protected by bractea; there are male and female flowers, monoecious, female flowers are located at the base of the bouquet, while the male flowers on the side away from the base.
- Fruit: Fruit large, diameter 10 cm to 20 cm or even more, yellow, green, or brown; fruit mesokarp be composed of fibers that have lignin, called coir, which protects the hard endocarp (called shells) and water-resistant; endocarp protects the seeds that are only protected by a membrane attached to the inside of the endocarp.


Here are some of the benefits of coconut herbaceous plants:
a. Poisoning: Take one green coconuts, and holes in the ends, and then drink the water until they run out.
b. Heat illness in: Take a coconut and a raw chicken egg, then coconut holes at the ends, broken eggs and egg fragments enter into the palm. Drink every day.
c. Heat illness: Take 1 cup young coconut water and add 1 tablespoon of honey, mix both ingredients until blended. Drink 2 x daily morning and afternoon 1 cup (for adults), 2 x daily 1 / 2 cup (for toddlers).
d. Dengue fever: Take one young coconut fruit, holes in the ends, squeezed 1 orange juice and mix together, stir well, and drink 2 times a day morning and afternoon.
e. Urinary stones: Take a green coconuts and a chicken egg. Punch a hole and then young coconuts broken eggs and put the eggs into the young coconut. Drink 2 times daily morning and afternoon.
f. Reducing pain during menstruation: 1 cup water and 1 piece of green coconut palm sugar
Method: The two materials are mixed and stirred until uniform. How to use: drink 1 cup 2 times a day, morning and afternoon, for 3 consecutive days.
g. Influenza: The material used 1 / 4 grain plus coconuts with a rhizome galingale of your thumb.
How to make: take the coconuts with galingale and then grated, after which the two ingredients are mixed evenly, add the 1 cup of water that has been cooked. Squeeze juice and water grab.
How to use: the juice drinks 1 a day.
h. Pain Morbili
Materials used: 2 pieces of dried coconut leaves, 1 / 2 handheld korokot leaves, 1 / 2 rhizome dringo Bengle, 1 / 2 a banana leaf china mobile, and fennel pulawaras to taste;
Method: All the materials have been prepared pounded together until smooth.
How to use: herbal ingredients are used as a powder to the whole body for people with this illness.
i. Eradicate pinworms
Materials used: 1 / 4 grain of coconuts and a fresh carrot.
How to make these herbs: Both ingredients are coconut and grated carrots, mix both ingredients then add 1 cup of water that has been cooked, squeeze juice and take water. How to use: Drink the juice at night before bed.
j. Cavities.
Materials used: coconut / coconut shells.
How to make this concoction: Burn coconut shell and the oil that comes out of the shell were taken with rolled-up cotton for a sore tooth hole. How to use: Insert the cotton that had contained the coconut oil into the cavities of the sick.
k. Gray
Materials used: take 1 / 2 grain that were old coconuts and coconut water itself.
How to make herbal potions this: Take grated coconut and coconut then squeeze the water itself and take a coconut milk, coconut milk and then water was added with salt to taste and stir until evenly distributed, condensed last night outside the home. How to use: Water coconut milk partly for the sort of gray hair, allow 10 -15 minutes, some more coconut milk is used as an ingredient shampooing regularly 3 days.
l. Eliminating Dandruff
The materials used: Take 1 / 2 grains which have an old coconut and 1 / 4 fresh pineapple, 1 whole orange juice, and 1 1 / 2 cup coconut milk itself. Method: Grate the coconut and fresh pineapple juice and take the water, then all these ingredients and stir until evenly mixed and then strain. How to use: Water used to wash the juice five days.