The flesh of the coconut green can not be eaten. Because many of the white meat within the coconut green is not suitable for consumption, edible taste is more astringent, and is not suitable for consumption, but some of the mature coconut flesh can be eaten without fear, because the flesh of the mature coconut is more tender, there is a certain sweet taste.

The meat of the coconut green is not particularly old, so it can be used to squeeze coconut juice or cooking, such as coconut green horseshoe milk dew, fried coconut green, coconut green steamed meat crab, etc. Coconut green meat is crisp and chewy, very resistant to eat, and coconut green juice in addition to fresh drink, but also a good ingredient for soup, its own sweetness for the soup to increase the color of a lot of things, such as coconut stewed chicken, coconut stewed shark's fins, coconut stewed clams and so on.