The interior coconut shell is made of tough, durable material. People used it to make stirring spoons, utensils, brooms, roof shingles, shirt buttons or tools like small shovels. While others used the fibrous outer areas of the nut in canoes as well as in religious instruments. Coconut palm trunks are one of the sturdiest substances around.
Some used them in the construction of houses and other such structures. There are many other uses of the coconut.
You can use coconut oil as a moisturizer, for sun burns or in cooking. Also, many body products, such as face soaps and body lotions use coconut as a key ingredient. Besides food, these Canoe Crops were used as medicine, to build canoes and shelter, and to make clothes and music. They brought five types of fruit: noni, breadfruit, coconuts, mountain apples, and bananas. Above: Noni may not be very appetizing, but the many healing components it delivers make it a welcomed fruit.
All of these fruits can be found, in season, at farmers markets across Hawaii—except noni. Breadfruit was the prized cargo in the film Mutiny on the Bounty, which was based on a real voyage in Today, just as then, the heavy fruit—weighing from two to 10 pounds—is a favorite carbohydrate of residents.
The dough-like center can be compared to potatoes, with a drier texture, and are oftentimes sold as fried chips sprinkled with sea salt. Coconuts, which are technically a nut and not a fruit, drop to the ground when ripe. Milk is produced by shredding the hard meat of mature brown coconuts, soaking it in water, and straining it. Young green coconuts are full of water, which ancient Hawaiian priests used in divination rituals. They prefer a sunny location in U.
Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and 11, though they may survive with frost-injured leaves in USDA zone 9. Soil must be well draining, ideally with a pH between 5. Coconuts are extremely susceptible to a caterpillar known as the palm leaf skeletonizer, which can quickly defoliate a healthy tree.
The pest can be combated by removing infested leaves or using an approved insecticide. Propagation is done by placing mature fruit on its side and burying it about halfway with sand or mulch. Fruit may be planted directly in the soil or in a large pot. Germination is most likely to occur at a temperature between 90 to degrees Fahrenheit.
Children were having fun rolling coconuts into piles this weekend, and incorporating them into sand sculptures. I have heard that one family was not allowed to take a coconut back with them in their luggage. However, the list of permitted items from the USDA includes coconuts, just be sure to declare them and have them inspected at the agricultural inspection station at the airport.
Or mail a dried one to yourself before you leave the islands!
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