Coconut Tree ~ The Provider ~What we have in this day and age is brilliant watercolor that are able to convey the intensity and saturation of color, especially with these amazing branches and fonds that abound in Hawaii on our abundant trees. The not-so-simple Coconut tree in the pacific, and all islands, is known as the “Tree of life.” You can eat the fruit, build a house from the fonds and bark, and even create a fiber to make clothing. A pacific Island people believe the coconut played a part in their creation story in the legend of Hina.