The shells are now also being ground and used to make exfoliating scrubs. The leaves of the coconut tree are woven into the ubiquitous thatched roofs that one sees in rural areas all along the ...

Their leaves are either fan-shaped or feather-shaped ... a 6-foot houseplant to an impressive 200-foot beach giant. Coconut ...

which he said is a tree of life because its parts can be used for a lot of things — from its fruit, juice and bark to its trunk, roots and leaves. The coconut leaves can be woven to make fish ...

THE problem of coconut scale insect (CSI) infecting some 500,000 coconut trees is manageable, said Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Dexter Buted.

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) said Wednesday the coconut scale insect (CSI), also known as “cocolisap,” is not a ...