naturalizedArecaceae
Cocos nucifera
coconut palm
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word. The term is derived from the 16th-century Portuguese and Spanish word coco meaning "head" or "skull", from the three indentations...
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Seasonality
2 flowering · 51 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak May)■ fruiting (peak March)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
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Where documented · 137 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 181 · GBIF 280 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 17 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 12 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 20 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 9 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Ulumalu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuGBIF 4
Waikapū · MauiGBIF 4
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 3
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makanikahio 1-2, Auau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Anahola · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Maunalua · OʻahuGBIF 3
Honopou · MauiGBIF 3
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 3
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Opihipau, Hukiaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 2
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 2
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 2
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 2
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mahaiʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honuʻapo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiGBIF 2
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 2
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Malaekahana · OʻahuGBIF 2
Peahi · MauiGBIF 2
Pololū · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kaueleau · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 2
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Honokōwai · MauiGBIF 2
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waimanu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honolulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1
Keōpukaloa · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuiNat 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻAlaenui · MauiGBIF 1
Niumalu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kukuiopaʻe 1-2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Puua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikele · OʻahuGBIF 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Makalawena · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Palauea · MauiGBIF 1
Honolua · MauiGBIF 1
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Showing the 120 most-documented of 137.