| Monocotyledon | Literature for Cocos nucifera
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Lorence & Wagner, 2019. |
| Arecaceae -- The Palm Family | Bibliography |
| Cocos nucifera | |
Common name(s): coconut, niu, ololani |
| General Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Distribution | Origin unknown, possibly Malesian.In the Hawaiian Islands, a Polynesian introduction on Laysan, Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Trunk to 30 m tall, usually somewhat curved from an often thickened base. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves 4–6 m long, sometimes longer, pinnae numerous, 60–100 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Inflorescences to 1.8 m long; flowers yellow, fragrant, staminate ones 1-1.5 cm long, pistillate ones ca. 2.5 cm in diameter. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit when dry 18–35 cm or more long,
12–15 cm or more in diameter, ovoid or
ellipsoid to subglobose, with single seed. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 32. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |
