Friday, February 14, 2014

Coconut



Here are an image, a quote, and a song - all about the coconut:



Image by Franz Eugen Köhler, available via Wikimedia Commons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cocos_nucifera_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-187.jpg

In Sanskrit, the coconut tree is known as kalpa vriksha, "the tree which provides all the necessities of life". (Wikipedia)

Harry Belafonte's song, Coconut Woman, can be heard at youtube.com: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF5LGyTEpIk )

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