Coco (Coconut)
Cocos nucifera
About Coco (Coconut)
Coco (Coconut) (Cocos nucifera) is a herb used in the Santería & Afro-Cuban Medicine tradition to help with Spiritual Cleansing, Antimicrobial, Skin Health, and Digestive Issues, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word. The term is derived from the 16th-century Portuguese and Spanish word coco meaning "head" or "skull", from the three indentations...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist