Coconut is the sole member of the Cocos of the arenan-arenan or Arecaceae. This plant is 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.
Trees with single stems or sometimes branching. The roots of the fibers, thick and woody, clustered to form a cob, adaptive to the sandy beaches. Stems of segments but when they are old are not very visible, typical type monokotil with vessels spread woody. The wood is not good for building. Leaf is a single leaf with pinnate pertulangan, the leaves are very deep so it looks like a compound leaf. Flowers arranged compound in a series protected by bractea; there are male and female flowers, single home, female flowers are located at the base of the essay, while the male flowers in parts far from the base. Large fruit, diameter 10 cm to 20 cm or more, yellow, green, or brown; fruits made up of mesocarp in the form of lignin fibers, called coir, protecting hard and waterproof endocarp parts; endocarps protect seeds that are only protected by the membrane attached to the inner side of the endocarp. The endospermium is a liquid containing many enzymes, and the solid phase deposits on the endocarp wall as the fruit grows; small and new embryos enlarge when the fruit is ready to germinate..
Coconut naturally grows on the beach and the tree reaches a height of 30 m. It comes from the coast of the Indian Ocean, but has now spread throughout the tropics.
Coconut is a multipurpose tree for tropical society. Almost all its parts can be utilized people.
The wood from the trunk, called glugu wood, is used as a medium quality wood, and can be used as a board for the house.
The leaves are used as the roof of the house after being dried. Young coconut leaves, called janur, are used as woven material in making ketupat or various forms of ornaments that are very interesting, especially by people in various ceremonies, and become a form of handicraft The dried leaflets, called lidi, are gathered into one into a broom.
