Coconut is the fruit of the coconut palm tree which is called Cocos Nucifera. A plant evolutionary biologist at Washington University in St. Louis examined DNA of more than a thousand coconuts from all over the world. What he and his colleagues found out was that there were two prevalent types of coconut DNA, one originated from the Pacific Ocean basin and the other in the Indian Ocean basin. So they concluded that coconuts were most likely first cultivated in the southern periphery of India, including Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and in Southeast Asia, meaning the Philipines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The coconut meat can be dried and mixed with water to create coconut milk or can be turned into coconut oil. It can also be eaten fresh. Besides that, the clear liquid inside immature coconuts called coconut water is high in electrolytes and can be used for drinking or adding to different beverages.