Cocos nuciferaL.

coconut palm

WFO wfo-0000903570 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Cocos nucifera, photographed by Ryan Watson
fig. a Ryan Watson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-18 / obs. 198781286
Cocos nucifera, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. b Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204059040
Cocos nucifera, photographed by Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile
fig. c Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202913011
Cocos nucifera, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. d Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197975846
Cocos nucifera, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. e Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198996128
Cocos nucifera, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. f Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197672485
Cocos nucifera, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. g Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197986969
Cocos nucifera, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. h Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197987114

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Flowering n = 154 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 154 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 58 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Calappa nucifera (L.) Kuntze
  • Cocos indica Royle
  • Cocos mamillaris Blanco
  • Cocos nana Griff.
  • Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis Becc.
  • Cocos nucifera var. alangan Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. alba Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. angustifolia Hassk.
  • Cocos nucifera var. aurea Anon.
  • Cocos nucifera var. austera Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. bego Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. buri Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. calimbahin Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. capuliformis Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. cistiformis Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. como Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. crassissima Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. delicata Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. eburnea Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. edulis Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. elongata Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. fibrosa Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. fragilis Blume
  • Cocos nucifera var. humilis Blume

and 34 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.