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Coconut palm
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Palms

Coconut palm

Cocos nucifera L.

Introduced by people

Names

EnglishCoconut palm
DutchKokospalm
SpanishCocotero
Chinese椰子
Sranan Tongokronto
Sranan Tongokokronoto
Sranan Tongokrontobon
Sranan Tongopalmbon (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCocos nucifera L.

About this species

The coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can denote the whole coconut palm tree or the large hard fruit. Originally native to the Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the Southwestern Pacific, they are ubiquitous in coastal tropical regions.

The coconut tree provides food, fuel, cosmetics, folk medicine, and building materials. The inner flesh of the mature fruit forms a regular part of the diets of many people in the tropics and subtropics. Coconut endosperm contains a large quantity of a liquid, "coconut water". Mature coconuts can be processed for oil and coconut milk from the flesh, charcoal from the hard shell, and coir from the fibrous husk. Dried coconut flesh is called copra, and the oil and milk derived from it are commonly used in cooking and in soaps and cosmetics. Sweet coconut sap can be made into drinks or fermented into palm wine or coconut vinegar.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderArecales
FamilyArecaceae
GenusCocos

In Suriname

15Records in Suriname
12iNaturalist observations
1963First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo4
  • Sipaliwini3
  • Marowijne2
  • Commewijne1
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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