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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cocos nucifera   FAMILY Arecaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cocos nucifera   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cocos nucifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cocos nucifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cocos nucifera

 

COMMON NAME:
Coconut Palm


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image of Cocos nucifera, Coconut Palm

Keith Bradley    kab_cocos_nucifera_72599

February    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Cocos nucifera, Coconut Palm

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org    bug_5412967

Month Unknown        HI

image of Cocos nucifera, Coconut Palm

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org    bug_5420661

Month Unknown        HI

Fruit 20-30cm long (vs. that of Butia less than 3.5cm), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Cocos nucifera, Coconut Palm

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org    bug_5421396

Month Unknown        HI

image of Cocos nucifera, Coconut Palm

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org    bug_5421396b

Month Unknown        HI

Petiole unarmed (vs. that of Butia and Phoenix with petiolar spines), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Cocos nucifera, Coconut Palm

Whitney Cranshaw, Bugwood.org    bug_5488766

Month Unknown        Puerto Rico

Leaves pinnate (w well-developed central axis, blade much longer than wide), per Weakley's Flora (2015).


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image of Cocos nucifera, Coconut Palm

Patti Anderson, Identifying Commonly Cultivated Palms, USDA APHIS, Bugwood.org    bug_5490957

Month Unknown        

image of Cocos nucifera, Coconut Palm

Patti Anderson, Identifying Commonly Cultivated Palms, USDA APHIS, Bugwood.org    bug_5491033

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cocos nucifera   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cocos nucifera   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cocos nucifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cocos nucifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cocos nucifera

 

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3955

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: beaches, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Paleotropics

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate, spirally arranged

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Staminate flowers creamy yellow
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in axillary inflorescences

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
green, yellow, or bronzy red when immature, brown when mature
Drupe

 

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