According to the book Coconut ​ — Tree of Life, the coconut palm “supplies not only food, water and oil for cooking, but also leaves for thatch roofs, fibre for ropes and mats, shells that can be used as utensils and ornaments, and the sweet sap of the inflorescence from which sugar and alcohol are made. ”
फिलिपाईन्समध्ये असे म्हटले जाते: “नारळाचे रोप लावणाऱ्‍या व्यक्‍तीला भांडी आणि कपडालत्ता, अन्‍न - पाणी, घर आणि मुलांकरता वारसा मिळतो. ”