Cocos nucifera
coconut palm
As recorded: Cocos nucifera L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Arecales › Arecaceae
- Collected by
- Dores, A.
- Collector number
- 60
- Date
- November 12, 2002
- Locality
- Pohnmaiau, Pahlap
- Island
- Pohnpei
- Region
- U Municipality, Micronesia
- Coordinates
- 6.9458, 158.2720
- Elevation
- 10 m
- Identified by
- Lorence, D.H.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On November 12, 2002, Dores, A. also collected 5 other specimens.
Still here: Cocos nucifera observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 2002. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 30 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
W555+P76, Palikir, Pohnpei, Micronesia
(c) Vern Osomai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-15
Pohnpei, FM
(c) Vern Osomai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-19
Kitti Circle Island Road, FM
(c) Stacia Etse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-19
Kitti Circle Island Road, FM
(c) Jinisha Mae Ifamilik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-19
College Road, FM
(c) Burt Kilmete, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-18
Romantic Road, FM
(c) Macylin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cocos nucifera. BISH 721260. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956311609. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/721260.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956311609 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026