In fact, the inhabitants of the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean constructed boats out of coconut products, and it is said that they sailed them to Arabia and the Philippines.
गर्म प्रदेशों के अधिकतर तटवर्ती इलाकों में, जहाँ पर्याप्त वर्षा होती है, वहाँ नारियल अच्छी तरह फलता - फूलता है ।