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Cocos nucifera

Plant photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Cocos nucifera

Cocos nucifera (also recorded as Coconut) is an accepted species in the family Arecaceae, within the order Arecales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., and Solomon Is.. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
Coconut
Family
Arecaceae
Order
Arecales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is.

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy