Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

coconut palm

Cocos nucifera

Spanish: Cocotero

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word. The term is derived from the 16th-century Portuguese and Spanish word coco meaning "head" or "skull", from the three indentations...

TaxonomyLiliopsida › Arecales › Arecaceae

Local records33 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records46,359 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2024 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-09-20 — observation by viridelao
2026-04-10 — observation by rachmunger
2026-02-01 — observation by cesaryaelmurillo
2026-01-16 — observation by cheeseville
2025-01-03 — observation by michelle_diaz_nava
2024-03-15 — observation by ted_goshulak

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Cite as: “coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/cocos-nucifera/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.