Fruit · Medicinal · Palm
Dwarf Coconut Trees
Cocos nucifera L.
FamilyArecaceae
EspañolPalma de coco
AlsoCoconut palm, Dwarf coconut, Dwarf Coconut
The coconut is a single-trunked palm with a base swollen at the ground and a crown of large pinnate leaves. Dwarf forms rarely exceed about 8 m and come into fruit earlier than tall coconuts, which makes them suited to gardens, though their meat is regarded as lower quality for commercial use. Tall coconuts can exceed 24 m and live around 90 years, bearing up to 50 nuts a year once mature.
Sourced · see Record tab Not evaluated by the IUCN (via GBIF). · IUCN
Worth knowingThe genus name comes from the Spanish coco, a monkey face, because of the three eyes on the shell; nuts can float for up to 110 days, long enough to drift about 4,800 km on ocean currents.
9on the estate
0carrying a tag
0sponsored
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Welcome Center Rear | B | 26 May 2014 | Planted | — | |
| — | Welcome Center Rear | B | 26 May 2014 | Planted | — | |
| — | Welcome Center Rear | B | 26 May 2014 | Planted | — | |
| — | Welcome Center Rear | B | 26 May 2014 | Planted | — | |
| — | Welcome Center Rear | B | 26 May 2014 | Planted | — | |
| — | Welcome Center Rear | B | 26 May 2014 | Planted | — | |
| — | Welcome Center Rear | B | 26 May 2014 | Planted | — | |
| — | Welcome Center Rear | B | 26 May 2014 | Planted | — | |
| — | — | — | — | In Nursery | — | 8 trees remaining. Jorge took 4. Planted 3 on home driveway. 3 on driveway & rest on south river |
9 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.