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Cocos nucifera L.

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Cocos nucifera L.
Cocos nucifera L.
Cocos nucifera L.
Cocos nucifera L.
Cocos nucifera L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCalappa nucifera (L.) Kuntze
synonymCocos indica Royle
synonymCocos mamillaris Blanco
synonymCocos nana Griff.
synonymCocos nucifera var. alangan Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. alba Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. angustifolia Hassk.
synonymCocos nucifera var. aurea Auct.
synonymCocos nucifera var. austera Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. bego Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. buri Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. calimbahin Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. capuliformis Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. cistiformis Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. como Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. crassissima Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. delicata Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. eburnea Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. edulis Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. elongata Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. fibrosa Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. fragilis Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. humilis Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. iners Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. javanica G.V.Narayana, no Latin descr.
synonymCocos nucifera var. laetevirens Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. lansiformis Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. lolog Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. machaeroides Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. macrocarpa Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. maldivica Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. mamillaris (Blanco) Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. microcarpa Hassk. ex F.W.T.Hunger, nom. superfl.
synonymCocos nucifera var. nana (Griff.) G.V.Narayana
synonymCocos nucifera var. ossea Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. pinang Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. pretiosa Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. pruniformis Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. pumila Hassk.
synonymCocos nucifera var. regia Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. rubescens Hassk.
synonymCocos nucifera var. rutila Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. saccharina Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. sapida Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. spicata K.C.Jacob
synonymCocos nucifera var. stupposa Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. suavis Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. subamara Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. subcandida Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. synphyllica Becc.
synonymCocos nucifera var. tabogog Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. tamisan Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. tenuissima Blume
synonymCocos nucifera var. viridis Blume
synonymDiplothemium henryanum F.Br.
synonymPalma cocos Mill., nom. superfl.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Narikol
Bengali
  • নারকেল Narakela
  • নারকেল Narokel
English
  • Coconut
  • Coconut tree
Gujarati
  • નારિયેળ Nariyel
Hindi
  • नारियल Nariyal
Kannada
  • ತೆಂಗು Tengu
Kashmiri
  • नोरिल Noril
Konkani
  • नार्लु Narlu
Malayalam
  • Coconut
  • Thenga
  • Thengu
  • തെങ്ങ് Thengu
Manipuri
  • য়ুবী Yubi
Marathi
  • नारळ Naral
  • श्रीफळ Shriphal
Other
  • Coconut
  • ਨਾਰੀਅਲ Narial
Pali
  • नालिकेर Nalikera
Sanskrit
  • उच्चतरुः Uchchataru
  • करकतोयः Karakatoyah
  • करकम्भस् Karakambhas
  • कल्पवृक्ष Kalpavriksha
  • किकिः Kikih
  • कौशिकफलः Kaushikaphalah
  • खानमुदकः Khanamudakah
  • तृणम्द्रुमः Trnamdrumah
  • तृणम्राजः Trnamrajah
  • तृणम्वृक्षः Trnamvrukshah
  • त्रिनेत्रफलः Trinetraphalah
  • दीर्घपत्रः Dirghapatrah
  • दीर्घपादपः Dirgapadapah
  • दुर्हः Durhah
  • नारिकेर Narikera
Tamil
  • தெங்கு Tengku
Telugu
  • నారికే Narikel
Urdu
  • ناریل Nariyel
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Tree
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Contributors 
admin
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Tree
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Erect trees with annular petiolar scars. Leaves pinnatisect, 4-6 m long; leaflets reduplicate, 60-100 x 2.5-5 cm, base narrow, apex tapering, acute. Spadices interfoliar, 50-100 cm long, panicled; branches to 60 cm long. Spathe 60-130 cm long, oblong, woody. Flowers monoecious, subsessile. Male flowers: often paired, to 8 mm long. Sepals c. 3 mm long, ovate. Petals 6-8 mm long, ovate, woody, yellowish-brown. Stamens 6; pistillode short, 3-fid. Female flowers 1-3 per branch, basal, globose. Perianth-lobes 6; woody; outer lobes broadly obovate, c. 2 cm across; inner lobes reniform, to 2 cm across. Ovary 3-celled; ovule 1 per cell; style short. Drupe to 30 cm long, ovoid or globose, trigonous; pericarp fibrous; endocarp stony. Seed coherent with the endocarp.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          No Data
          📚 Habitat and Distribution
          General Habitat
          Cultivated
          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Cultivated
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Description
              Global Distribution

              India: Chotta Nagpur, Assam, Western And Eastern Coast, West Bengal

              Indian Distribution

              Throughout Assam

              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Global Distribution

                Cultivated throughout the tropics

                Indian distribution

                State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  No Data
                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses

                  System of Medicines Used In

                  Ayurveda
                  Ayurveda
                  Folk medicine
                  Folk medicine
                  Siddha
                  Siddha
                  Unani
                  Unani
                  Sowa-Rigpa
                  Sowa-Rigpa
                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=598
                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=598
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Medicinal
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. Cocos nucifera L., Sp. Pl. 1188. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 482. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1557(1086). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 300. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 428. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 399. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 491. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 529. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 493. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 355. 1997; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 481. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 747. 1997; Renuka, Palms Kerala 44. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 521. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 715. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 899. 2009.
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=598
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. Cocos nucifera L., Sp. Pl. 1188. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 482. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1557(1086). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 300. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 428. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 399. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 491. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 529. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 493. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 355. 1997; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 481. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 747. 1997; Renuka, Palms Kerala 44. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 521. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 715. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 899. 2009.
                      2. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=598

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                      📚 Meta data
                      No Data
                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomPlantae
                      PhylumTracheophyta
                      ClassLiliopsida
                      OrderArecales
                      FamilyArecaceae
                      GenusCocos
                      SpeciesCocos nucifera L.
                      📊 Temporal Distribution
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