Kadal thengai (or) Sea Coconut (or) Dariyai Nariyal (Or) Samudhra Tenkai (No:2)

Description

Lodoicea, commonly known as the sea coconut, coco de mer, or double coconut, is a monotypic genus in the palm family. The sole species, Lodoicea maldivica, is endemic to the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. It has the largest seed in the plant kingdom.

Sans- Tranaraj; Deerghavraksha; Sadaphala; Rasayana-taru; Narikela, Eng- Cocoanut-pail, Hind- Nariyal, Ben-Narikel, Mab- Naral, Guj- Naliar, Tel- Tenkayichettu ; Kobbirichettu; Thenkayamanu; Tam- Tengu; Tanba, Mal- Ten, Can- Tenginamara, Kon- Narla- maddo, Fr- Cocotier, Ger- Achtekokokspalme, Arab- Shajratuna-narajila, Pers- Drhakht- narejile; Drakht-i-badinja.

Part Used: Flowers, root, fruit, oil, and ash. The fruit contains shell, juice and kernel

Uses:  Water of the unripe fruit is useful in thrist , fever and urinary disorders Coconut oil is prepared from fresh pulp is used as  a substitute for codliver oil in american hospitals in wasting and pulmonary diseases of children.Coconut is used as baldness as it promotes the growth of hair and also for burns. It is useful in urinary disorders it allays vomiting in bilious fevers. It is also used as manufacture of cosmetics, vegetable margarine and other medicinal preparations.

• Hindi: Daryai Nariyal (नारियल)
• Sanskrit: Narikela, Sri Phal
• Bengali: Narikel
• Gujarati: Naliar, Naliyer
• Kannada: Tengu, Tenginakai
• Malayalam: Thenna, Thenga, Nalikeram
• Marathi: Naral, Narel
• Oriya: Nadia
• Punjabi: Gola, Nariyal
• Telugu: Samudra Tenkayichettu, Kobbirichettu, Kobbari Kaaya