Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Cocos nucifera L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Cocos nucifera
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
L.
Common names
Coconut, Coconut Palm, Coconut Tree, Cocopalm, Copra
Names in other languages (113)Buko, Coco, Coco-anão, Cocore, Cocoter, Cocotier, Cocotier commun, Cocotier, Cocotier commun, Cocotier, Coco, Pied coco, Coqueiro-anão, Coqueiro-comum, Dừa, Hindistan cevizi, Iâ-á, Kalapa, Kelapa, Klapa, Klapperboom, Koko, Kokos, Kokos właściwy, Kokos-Palme, Kokosnoss, Kokosnusspalme, Kokosnuß, Kokosnöt, Kokosnøtt, Kokoso, Kokosova palma, Kokosowiec, Kokosowiec właściwy, Kokospalme, Kokoye, Koto, Kube, Kókuszpálma, Lius, Mnadzi irachi, Mnazi (mti), Niu, Niyog, Nuu-hun, Nyuh, Néti, Palma da Cocco, Palma de Coco, Palma kokosowa, Palu di koko, Pokok Kelapa, Riešutinė kokospalmė, Voanio murachi, biisnih'oo3ounookuhu'ee, coco-da-bahia, coco-da-praia, coco-verde, cocotal, cocotero, coqueiro, coqueiro-da-bahia, coqueiro-da-praia, cóco, coqueiro, eehi, ehi (fruit), tumu ehi (arbre), ere’i, haari (fruit), tumu haari (arbre), hakari, ha’ari , haari (fruit), tumu haari (arbre), niu, ha’ari, ’a’ari, ha’agi, haari (fruit), tumu haari (arbre), niu, khopar, koko, kokoepu, kokonoto bon, kokoonto bon, kokosovník obyčajný, kokosovník orechoplodový, kokosovník ořechoplodý, kokospalm, kookospalmu, luu, mnazi, navadna kokosova palma, niyok, nyiur, ololani, palma kokosová, talv-svokv, Èhi (fruit), tumu ehi (arbre), Κοκοφοίνικας, Какосавая пальма, Кокосова палма, Кокосовая пальма, Կոկոսյան արմավենի, קוקוס, جوز الهند, شجرة جوز الهند, فارسی, نارجيل, نارگیل, नारियल, নারকেল, కొబ్బరి చెట్టు, തെങ്ങ്, පොල්, มะพร้าว, တၞံသတ်ဗြဴ, ココナッツ, ココヤシ, 可可椰子, 奶桃, 椰子, 椰子壳, 椰子根, 椰子油, 椰子浆, 椰子瓤, 椰子(椰树), 椰根, 那羅雞羅
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Liliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Arecales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Arecaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Cocos
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
nucifera
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Cocos nucifera
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 05:16.
Photo of Cocos nucifera L.
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Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 05:16.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 16 is a host of × is eaten by × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × has as a parasite × is adjacent to × co-occurs ecologically with × has its flowers visited by × is visited by × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × has as a host × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × hasRoost × 4 more types with data for this species

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is a host of 801 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pestalotia palmarum is a host of 104 not compared
Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryosphaeriaceae is a host of 41 not compared
Ceratocystis paradoxa Ceratocystidaceae is a host of 30 not compared
Phytophthora palmivora Peronosporaceae is a host of 30 no location
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is eaten by 245 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pacific Flying Fox Pteropus tonganus Pteropodidae is eaten by 8 not compared
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus Picidae is eaten by 4 not compared
Blue-striped Nettle Grub Parasa lepida Limacodidae is eaten by 4 no location
Greater Mascarene Flying Fox Pteropus niger Pteropodidae is eaten by 4 not compared
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interacts with 214 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Indian Palm Bob Suastus gremius Hesperiidae interacts with 38 not compared
Giant Redeye Gangara thyrsis Hesperiidae interacts with 25 not compared
Red-brown Weevil Diocalandra taitensis Curculionidae interacts with 16 not compared
Common Palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra Nymphalidae interacts with 10 not compared
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has as a parasite 105 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Parasitoid wasp Tetrastichus brontispae Eulophidae has as a parasite 12 no location
Brachymeria nephantidis Chalcididae has as a parasite 10 no location
Brachymeria nosatoi Chalcididae has as a parasite 8 no location
Pediobius parvulus Eulophidae has as a parasite 6 no location
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is adjacent to 41 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pyrenula ochraceoflava Pyrenulaceae is adjacent to 3 not compared
Ruffle Lichens Parmotrema Parmeliaceae is adjacent to 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Pyxine farinosa Caliciaceae is adjacent to 2 not compared
Ampliotrema auratum is adjacent to 2 not compared
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co-occurs ecologically with 21 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum Pteropodidae co-occurs ecologically with 2 not compared
Rhizophagus intraradices Glomeraceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Pteropodidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 no location
Pteropus Pteropodidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 19 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Greater Mascarene Flying Fox Pteropus niger Pteropodidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus Icteridae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
Pacific Flying Fox Pteropus tonganus Pteropodidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
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is visited by 18 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pacific Flying Fox Pteropus tonganus Pteropodidae is visited by 6 not compared
Mariana Fruit Bat Pteropus mariannus Pteropodidae is visited by 5 no location
Codot-Pisang Macroglossus minimus Pteropodidae is visited by 4 not compared
Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea Pteropodidae is visited by 4 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 15 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Claroideoglomus sp. Claroideoglomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Archaeospora sp. Archaeosporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Gigaspora sp. Gigasporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Paraglomus laccatum Paraglomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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has as a host 12 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Diplodia palmicola Botryosphaeriaceae has as a host 1 no location
Nematode Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilus has as a host Refuted 1 no location
Marasmiellus cocophilus Omphalotaceae has as a host 1 no location
Cephalosporium has as a host 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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interacts with 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Feral Pig Sus scrofa Suidae interacts with 1 no location
Melige urnkorstzwam Sistotrema brinkmannii Hydnaceae interacts with 1 no location
Magenta Rustgill Gymnopilus dilepis Hymenogastraceae interacts with 1 no location
Coconut Cocos nucifera Arecaceae interacts with 1 no location
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hasRoost 7 organisms

No sanctioned reading for this term yet: it is shown exactly as the source publishes it.

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Common Tent-making Bat Uroderma bilobatum Phyllostomidae hasRoost 6 no location
Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus watsoni Phyllostomidae hasRoost 4 no location
Pacific Flying Fox Pteropus tonganus Pteropodidae hasRoost 2 no location
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Pteropodidae hasRoost 2 no location
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.