BISH 796147Botany

Cocos nucifera

coconut palm

As recorded: Cocos nucifera L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Arecales › Arecaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.
Collector number: 19798
Date: August 26, 1938
Locality: Melisa, Itutiu District
Island: Rotuma
Region: Fiji
Record type: Preserved specimen

66 Bishop specimens of Cocos nucifera · collected 1913–2006Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 26, 1938, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cocos nucifera observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1938. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 21,206 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27

Holualoa

(c) lilianajoy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Broward County, US-FL, US

(c) alsu_ray, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Maithri Layout, Kadugodi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

(c) irene_loveline, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

W555+P76, Palikir, Pohnpei, Micronesia

(c) Vern Osomai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

RQRG+J3X, Buragunte, Karnataka 562125, India

(c) Ritika Mukherjee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

San Pedro Pochutla, MX-OA, MX

(c) Mauricio Martinez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cocos nucifera. BISH 796147. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956491376. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/796147.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956491376 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026