Chrysobalanaceae

Coco plant

Chrysobalanus icaco L.

Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Chrysobalanus

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Coco plant (Chrysobalanus icaco) — FlowerPhoto: Thomaz de Carvalho Callado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (19)

arz: كريسوبالانوس ايكاكو
Catalan: Cocoplum
Chinese: 一口可梅, 可可梅
Dutch: Ikakopruim
English: Coco plant, Coco plum, Cocoplum, Icaco, Icaco coco plum
French: Icaquier
Haitian Creole: Ponm zikak
Italian: Hicaco, icaco
Japanese: ココプラム
koi: Икако
Korean: 코코플럼
kv: Икако
lbe: Икако
mrj: Икако
Norwegian Bokmål: Kokosplommetre
Persian: آلوی کاکائو
Portuguese: Guajuru, Abajeru
Russian: Икако, Слива золотая
udm: Икако

Synonyms

Chrysobalanus icaco var. genuinus Hook.f.
Chrysobalanus icaco var. icaco
Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) Souza
Prunus icaco Labat

Flowers

In flower: October, December to July (from 128 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Thomaz de Carvalho Callado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: keesgroenendijk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Vijay Barve, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: John Burnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Lucas Kaminski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jade Fortnash, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Katia974, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Annie Weissman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.