تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.82.1

13.82.1

Most of the trees of these islands are coconut palms, which, together with fish, are among their staple foods; they have been mentioned before. The coconut palms are a wonder: the palm bears twelve clusters a year, one cluster coming out each month, so that some are small, some large, some dry and some green, and so it is always. From it they make milk, oil and honey, as we mentioned in the first volume, and from its honey they make sweetmeats which they eat with the dried nut of it; and the same goes for eating it.