Dwarf coconut is a range of varieties of coconut palm. This area is covered with coconut palm. The resort is located on a sandy beach lined with coconut palm trees. Coconut timber is a hardwood substitute from coconut palm trees. Coconut timber is a hardwood-substitute from coconut palm trees. The exception was the coconut palm tree. Sri Lankan dholaks and dholkis are made from hollowed coconut palm stems. The Eel's thin round body became the model for the coconut palm. Palm sugar is sometimes qualified by the type of palm, as in coconut palm sugar. Many of these traditional sailing vessels were, of necessity, built using coconut palm timber. An important tree in Samoan architecture is the coconut palm. What little woodland exists is mainly open coconut palm ("Cocos nucifera") plantation. The coco de mer palm has separate male and female trees, unlike the coconut palm. Traditionally toddy is collected from the coconut palm by a toddy tapper called a "rendier". The coconut palm thrives on sandy soils and is highly tolerant of salinity.