Palm

The palm tree was a sacred sign of Apollo in Ancient Greece because he had been born under one. Modern times. The palm, especially the Coconut, remains a symbol of tropical island paradise. The palm tree also represents Oasis. Family: Palmae Sanskrit: Narikel Hindi : Nariel English: Coconut palm
There are many theories regarding the origin of the coconut and each has its proponents. For some, it is South America and the Pacific Islands for some others.
Malaysia, we are told has a greater claim to fame as the home of the original coconut. Most Indians tend to take it for granted that the coconut is of Indian origin because of the very early references to it in Indian literature.
The tree has been recorded in archaeological excavations and epigraphic inscriptions, in Sanskrit scriptures of religious, agricultural, and Ayurvedic importance, and in historical records as well as travelogues of visitors from China, Arabia, and Italy.
Coconuts made a strong impression on Venetian explorer Marco Polo, 1254 to 1324 C.E., when he encountered them in Sumatra, India, and the Nicobar Islands, and called them “Pharaoh’s nut”. The reference to the Egyptian ruler indicated Polo was aware that during the 6th century Arab merchants brought coconuts back to Egypt probably from East Africa where the nuts were flourishing.
TREE OF LIFE In India, it is appropriately eulogized as ‘Kalpavriksha’ a mythological tree supposed to grant all desires or – “the tree that provides all the necessities of life”.
In Sanskrit literature the miraculous powers of this tree are described in great detail. It can offer to its devotees health, wealth, male progeny, and prosperity. It was a product of the churning of the ocean by gods and demons and ultimately it was taken by the former to heaven and planted in Indra‘s garden.
It is “Pokok seribu guna” (the tree of a thousand uses) to Malays, and “Tree of life” or “Tree of heaven” for a Filipino, “Tree of abundance” or “Three generations tree” to an Indonesian. The very names are reflective of its uses essentially in everyday life of people in the tropics.