The _young nut_ and its milk, for drinking, for dessert; the _green husk_ for preserves.

The _nut_, for eating, for curry, for milk, for cooking.

The _oil_, for rheumatism, for anointing the hair, for soap, for candles, for light; and the _poonak_, or refuse of the nut after expressing the oil, for cattle and poultry.

The _shell of the nut_, for drinking cups, charcoal, tooth-powder, spoons, medicine, hookahs, beads, bottles, and knife-handles.

The _coir_, or fibre which envelopes the shell within the outer husk, for mattresses, cushions, ropes, cables, cordage, canvass, fishing-nets, fuel, brushes, oakum, and floor mats.