| During the 19th century, cocus wood became available from the West Indies and quickly became the standard timber for flutes and other woodwinds from that period. |
| Older pipes made of cocus wood were common in the late 18th and throughout the 19th centuries. |
| An instrument maker who had dermatitis showed a positive patch test reaction to cocus wood but evidence for contact with the wood was circumstantial. |
| Most bagpipes that are made of rosewood, sheesham wood, or cocus wood are commonly considered inferior in quality. |
| Coir fibre from the Coconut Palm, Cocus nucifera, now seen as a potting compost is made into ropes. |
