Cocos nucifera
naturalizedArecaceae

Cocos nucifera

coconut palm

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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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
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
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
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Opihipau, Hukiaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
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
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
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
Showing the 120 most-documented of 137.