Arecaceae

Coconut

Cocos nucifera L.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Cocos

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Coconut (Cocos nucifera) — FlowerPhoto: Jay Brasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (168)

ace: U
Afrikaans: Kokospalm
Akan: Kube
Akan: Kube
Albanian: Arra e kokosit, Kokos
Amharic: ኮኮነት ዘምባባ
Arabic: جوز الهند, فارسی, شجرة جوز الهند, نارجيل
Armenian: Կոկոսյան արմավենի
arz: جوزهند, Gozhend
Asturian: Cocotal
azb: نارگیل
Azerbaijani: Kokos palması
ban: Nyuh
Bangla: নারিকেল
Basque: Kokondo
Belarusian: Какосавая пальма
Bhojpuri: नारियल
bi: Kokonas
bik: Niyog
bjn: Nyiur
bo: བེ་ཏ།
Breton: Gwez koko
Bulgarian: Кокосова палма
Burmese: အုန်းသီး, အုန်းပင်
Cantonese: 椰子
Catalan: Cocoter
cdo: Ià-cī
Central Kurdish: گوێزی ھیندی
Chinese: 椰子, 可可椰子, 奶桃, 椰子壳, 椰子根, 椰子油, 椰子浆, 椰子瓤
crh: Hindístan-ğewezí, İndistan cevizi, Narğîl
Croatian: Kokosova palma
cv: Кокос пальми
Czech: Kokosovník ořechoplodý
dag: Kpakpa
Danish: Kokospalme, Kokos
Divehi: ކުރުނބާ
dtp: Piasau
Dutch: Kokospalm
English: Coconut, Coconut tree, Coconut palm, Cocoanut, Coconut palm tree
Esperanto: Kokoso
Estonian: Kookospalm
Ewe: Néti
Filipino: Buko
Finnish: Kookospalmu
fj: Niu
French: Cocotier
frr: Kokospualem
Galician: Coco
Georgian: Ქოქოსი
German: Kokospalme
glk: نارگیل
gor: Bongo
Greek: Κοκοφοίνικας
Guarani: Mbokaja'a
guc: Koko
Gujarati: નારિયેળ, નાળિયેર, શ્રીફળ
gv: Cro bainney
Haitian Creole: Kokoye
hak: Yâ-è
Hausa: Attagara
Hawaiian: Niu, Ololani
Hebrew: קוקוס
hil: Niyúg
Hindi: नारियल
hsb: Kokosowa palma
Hungarian: Kókuszpálma
hyw: Հնդկընկոյզ
iba: Nyiur
Icelandic: Kókoshneta
Igbo: Cocoanut, Coconut, Coconut palm, Coconut tree
Indonesian: Kelapa, Pohon kelapa
io: Kokoso
Irish: Pailm cnó cócó, Cnó cócó
Italian: Palme da cocco
Japanese: ココヤシ, ココナッツ, ココ椰子, 古々椰子
Javanese: Krambil, Kambil, Nyir, Wit kambil
Kannada: ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ, ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ ಮರ
Kazakh: Кокос пальмасы
kcg: Kwakwa
kge: Nyiwi
Khmer: ដើមដូង
Korean: 코코야자
ks: خوٗپرٕ
Kurdish: Gûza hindê
lah: ناریل
Lao: ນາລິກາ
Latvian: Kokospalma
lbe: Гьиндусттан гьивхь
li: Kokespaum
Lingala: Kokotí
Lithuanian: Riešutinė kokospalmė
Luxembourgish: Kokosnoss
lzh: 楈枒
Macedonian: Кокосова палма, Кокос, Кокосово дрво
mad: Nyèor
Maithili: नारियल
Malagasy: Voaniho
Malay: Kelapa, Pokok Kelapa, Nyiur, Pokok nyiur
Malayalam: തെങ്ങ്, കേരം
Maltese: Kokonat
Manipuri: ꯌꯨꯕꯤ
Māori: Kokonati, Niu
Marathi: नारळ, RK Plants
min: Karambia
mnw: သတ်ဗြဴ
Mongolian: Далдуу мод
mwl: Coco
nan: Iâ-á, Iâ-chí
Nepali: नरिवल
nia: Ohi
Norwegian Bokmål: Kokospalme, Kokosnøtt
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kokospalme
nv: Mágí bichʼiyąʼ
Odia: ନଡ଼ିଆ
os: Кокоспальмæ
pam: Buku
pap: Palu di koko
Pashto: ناريال
pcm: Kokonut
Persian: نارگیل
Polish: Kokos właściwy
Portuguese: Coqueiro
Punjabi: ਨਾਰੀਅਲ
Quechua: Pikwayu
roa: Cocche
Romanian: Cocotier
Russian: Кокосовая пальма, Кокос
Sanskrit: नारिकेलम्
sat: ᱱᱟᱨᱠᱚᱲ, ᱱᱟᱨᱠᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ
sco: Coconut
Serbian: Кокосова палма
Serbian (Latin): Kokosova palma
shn: တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇဢုၼ်, တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇပၢဝ်ႉ, မၢၵ်ႇပၢဝ်ႉ, မၢၵ်ႇဢုၼ်
Sindhi: ناريل
Sinhala: පොල්
Slovak: Kokosovník
Slovenian: Navadna kokosova palma
Somali: Qumbe
Spanish: Cocotero
Sundanese: Kalapa
Swahili: Mnazi
Swedish: Kokospalm, Kokosnöt
syl: ꠘꠣꠁꠇꠟ, ꠇꠧꠇꠧꠍ, ꠘꠣꠁꠞꠟ
szy: Abinung
Tamil: தேங்காய்
Tatar: Һинд чикләвеге
tcy: ತಾರೆದಮರೊ
tdd: ᥛᥣᥐᥱ ᥟᥧᥢ
Telugu: కొబ్బరి, కొబ్బరి చెట్టు
tet: Nuu, Nuu-hun
Thai: มะพร้าว
Tongan: Niu
tpi: Kokonas
Turkish: Hindistan Cevizi, Narcıl
Turkmen: Kokos palmasy
ty: Niu
Ukrainian: Кокосова пальма
Urdu: ناریل
Uzbek: Kokos
Vietnamese: Dừa
war: Lubí
Welsh: Cnau coco, Cneuen coco
Western Frisian: Kokospalm
Wolof: Kokko
wuu: 椰
Yiddish: קאקאס
Yoruba: Agbon
Zulu: UmQhekezani

Synonyms

Calappa nucifera (L.) Kuntze
Cocos indica Royle
Cocos mamillaris Blanco
Cocos nana Griff.
Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis Becc.
Cocos nucifera var. alangan Blume
Cocos nucifera var. alba Blume
Cocos nucifera var. angustifolia Hassk.
Cocos nucifera var. aurea Anon.
Cocos nucifera var. austera Blume
Cocos nucifera var. bego Blume
Cocos nucifera var. buri Blume
Cocos nucifera var. calimbahin Blume
Cocos nucifera var. capuliformis Blume
Cocos nucifera var. cistiformis Blume
Cocos nucifera var. como Blume
Cocos nucifera var. crassissima Blume
Cocos nucifera var. delicata Blume
Cocos nucifera var. eburnea Blume
Cocos nucifera var. edulis Blume
Cocos nucifera var. elongata Blume
Cocos nucifera var. fibrosa Blume
Cocos nucifera var. fragilis Blume
Cocos nucifera var. humilis Blume
Cocos nucifera var. iners Blume
Cocos nucifera var. javanica G.V.Narayana
Cocos nucifera var. laetevirens Blume
Cocos nucifera var. lansiformis Blume
Cocos nucifera var. lolog Blume
Cocos nucifera var. machaeroides Blume
Cocos nucifera var. macrocarpa Blume
Cocos nucifera var. maldivica Blume
Cocos nucifera var. mamillaris (Blanco) Blume
Cocos nucifera var. microcarpa Hassk. ex F.W.T.Hunger
Cocos nucifera var. nana (Griff.) G.V.Narayana
Cocos nucifera var. ossea Blume
Cocos nucifera var. palmyrensis (Becc.) Becc.
Cocos nucifera var. pinang Blume
Cocos nucifera var. pretiosa Blume
Cocos nucifera var. pruniformis Blume

and 18 more.

Flowers

In flower: March to May, August to October, December to January (from 94 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jay Brasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Norman Salazar Arguedas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alan Prather, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jay Brasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dedi Wibawa 123, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: gbdimeglio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Josip Skejo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: has_sal2002, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Kriszti Wolf, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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.