Coconut fruit is composed of hard, yellow fruit skin, white flesh and endosperm in the form of a clear, slightly dry liquid. Coconut trees are plants native to tropical regions. Apart from growing wild, coconut trees also grow abundantly through cultivation.
Coconut is a multi-purpose plant for society. People can use almost all of its parts. Coconut stems can be used to make kitchen utensils such as uleg-uleg (Javanese language) and can also be used for decoration and furniture equipment such as chairs, etc. The stems can be used as building materials. The leaves are used as roofs for houses after they are dried. Young coconut leaves are called janur, used as a woven material in making ketupat. In traditional Javanese wedding ceremonies, there is a tradition of placing a tarub made from woven coconut leaves called blekethepe. Blekethepe is a symbol of the start of a series of wedding events and a symbol of mutual cooperation because the installation is carried out in mutual cooperation between the mother and father of the bride. This activity was continued with the installation of tuwuhan (plants), where one of the components is cengkir ivory (Kelapa Gading fruit) which symbolizes the hope for offspring. The traditional mitoni ceremony (a pregnant woman's seventh month) also uses an ivory cup, with two coconuts each depicting the God Kamajaya and the Goddess Kamaratih. In wayang, these gods and goddesses are symbols of harmony between husband and wife. The dried leaf stalks are called sticks, gathered together to make a broom stick. The female flowers are called bluluk, which are edible. Gading coconut endosperm can be used as an antidote.
