A History of Agriculture in India v2.c61.s5.1

v2.c61.s5.1

Ibn Battuta’s stay in Kerala was prolonged due to the fact that the ship in which he was to sail for China was wrecked by a storm. From Kerala he reached Maldive islands where he lived for a year and half. Apart from concubines he married four Muslim women. He mentions that from fish and coconuts the islanders gain incomparable erotic potency, and his own experience confirmed the prevalent notion. He gives a vivid description of the coconut-palm and its various products.