Cocos nucifera L.

  • Filed As

    Arecaceae
    Cocos nucifera L.

  • Collector(s)

    W. Law 336 with Ann Kitalong, Van Ray Tadao, 04 Feb 2024

  • Location

    Palau. Airai. Ngetkib area, around Kitalong home.

  • Description

    Tree up to 10m tall, 20cm dbh. Leaves often bigger than 5m, pinnae divided into 60 pairs. Frit green becoming brown, oblong to round up to 15cm wide and long. Flowers yellowish orange.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05104683

    Occurrence ID: 693a7ffc-dfcf-45bd-8c99-c1b540418876

  • Related Publications

    [Book] Balick, Michael J. & Kitalong, Ann. 2020. Ethnobotany of Palau: Plants, People and Island Culture. 2. 392.

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Arecales

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cocos nucifera L.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Palau

  • State/Province

    Airai

  • Locality

    Ngetkib area, around Kitalong home.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 20 m. (66 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    7.36408, 134.516

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04 Feb 2024
W. Law, Ann Kitalong, Van Ray Tadao 336
The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Arecaceae
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
05104683
Cocos nucífera L.
Palau. Airai. Ngetkib area, around Kitalong home.
7°21’50.7WN, 134°30’57„5,fE
20 m.
Tree up to 10m tall, 20cm dbh. Leaves often bigger
than 5m, pinnae divided into 60 pairs. Frit green
becoming brown, oblong to round up to 15cm wide and
long. Flowers yellowish orange
N.V. Lius [Palauan]
05104683