English: Coconut

German: Kokos

Mandarin: 椰子 (ye zi)

Portuguese: Coqueiro

Kingdom: Plantae (2090)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1997)

    Class: Liliopsida (314)

      Order: Arecales (25)

        Family: Arecaceae (25) (family description)

          Genus: Cocos (1)

           Epithet: nucifera L. (2)

nucifera => bearing nuts

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, yellow

Check for Cocos nucifera at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [226] Cocos nucifera - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1226] Cocos - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1506] Cocos nucifera - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [23] Lorenzi,H. (2002): Brazilian trees: A guide to the identification and cultivation of Brazilian native trees. Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil.

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