Editing Coconut (section)

===Leaves===
[[File:Puso of cooked rice.JPG|thumb|''[[Pusô]]'', woven pouches of rice in various designs from the Philippines|alt=Triangular pouches made of coconut leaves]]

The stiff midribs of coconut leaves are used for making [[broom]]s in India, Indonesia (''sapu lidi''), Malaysia, the Maldives, and the Philippines (''walis tingting''). The green of the leaves (lamina) is stripped away, leaving the veins (long, thin, woodlike strips) which are tied together to form a broom or brush. A long handle made from some other wood may be inserted into the base of the bundle and used as a two-handed broom.

The leaves also provide material for [[basket]]s that can draw well water and for roofing [[thatch]]; they can be woven into mats, cooking [[skewer]]s, and kindling [[arrow]]s as well. Leaves are also woven into small pouches that are filled with rice and cooked to make ''[[pusô]]'' and ''[[ketupat]]''.<ref>[[#Grimwood|Grimwood]], p. 19.</ref>

Dried coconut leaves can be burned to ash, which can be harvested for [[lime (mineral)|lime]]. In India, the woven coconut leaves are used to build wedding [[marquee (tent)|marquees]], especially in the states of Kerala, [[Karnataka]], and [[Tamil Nadu]].

The leaves are used for [[thatch]]ing houses, or for decorating climbing frames and [[meeting room]]s in Cambodia, where the plant is known as ''dôô:ng''.<ref name="dyphon">{{cite book |last1=Pauline Dy Phon |title=Plants Utilised In Cambodia |date=2000 |publisher=Imprimerie Olympic |location=Phnon Penh |pages=165–166|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InD2RAAACAAJ|author1-link=Pauline Dy Phon }}</ref>