855 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons

► Subclass Arecidae

► Order Arecales

► Family Arecaceae [= Palmae] - Palm family

► Subfamily Arecoideae

► Tribe Cocoeae

► Subtribe Butiinae

► Genus Cocos L. - Coconut palm

Synonyms

Palma cocos Miller

Common names

Coco-do-baia (English)

Coconut (English)

Coconut palm (English)

Copra (product) (English)

Malayan coconut palm (English)

Nariyal (English)

Niu (English)

Cocotier (French)

Coprah (le produit) (French)

Noix de coco (French)

 

Kokos (Bulgarian)

Kokos (Czech)

Kokosový ořech (Czech)

Kokosnød (Danish)

Kokosnoed (Danish)

Kokospalme (Danish)

Klapperboom (Dutch)

Kokos (Dutch)

Kokosnoot (Dutch)

Kokospalm (Dutch)

Kookospalm (Estonian)

Kookospähkinä (Finnish)

Kookospalmu (Finnish)

Kokos (German)

Kokosnuß (German)

Kokosnuss (German)

Kokospalme (German)

Karida (Greek)

Karides (Greek)

Kokkofoinika (Greek)

Kókuszdió (Hungarian)

Cocco (Italian)

Noce di cocco (Italian)

Palma del cocco (Italian)

Cairo (coconut fiber) (Portuguese)

Coco (Portuguese)

Coco da Bahia (Portuguese)

Coco da India (Portuguese)

Coqueiro (Portuguese)

Noz de coco (Portuguese)

Кокос (Russian)

Кокос орехоносный (Russian)

Кокосовая пальма (Russian)

Coco (Spanish)

Cocotero (Spanish)

Nuez de coco (Spanish)

Palma de coco (Spanish)

Palmera de coco (Spanish)

Kokos (Swedish)

Kokosnöt (Swedish)

Kokospalm (Swedish)

 

Gawz el hind (Arabic)

Jauz al hind (Arabic)

Nârgîl (Arabic)

Kokus (Hebrew)

Nârgil (Persian)

 

Hantkakan engouz (Armenian)

 

Khopar (India)

Narikol (India (Assamese))

Dāb (India (Bengali))

Nārakel (India (Bengali))

Nārakela (India (Bengali))

Narikel (India (Bengali))

Nanivaara (India (Gujarati))

Nariyal (India (Gujarati))

Khopar (India (Hindi))

Nāriyal (India (Hindi))

Nāriyal kā per (plant) (India (Hindi))

Kobari (India (Kannada))

Naarikela (India (Kannada))

Thenginkai (India (Kannada))

Nalikeram (India (Malayalam))

Thenga (India (Malayalam))

Nāral (India (Marathi))

Naarial (India (Punjabi))

Nārikela (India (Sanskrit))

Tengai (India (Tamil))

Tengu (India (Tamil))

Tennai (India (Tamil))

Tennai marama (India (Tamil))

Thenga (India (Tamil))

Thenkaii (India (Tamil))

Thennai (India (Tamil))

Kobbari (India (Telugu))

Kobbari chettu (India (Telugu))

Kobbari kaya (India (Telugu))

Kobbarichettu (India (Telugu))

Kobbera (India (Telugu))

Narikelamu (India (Telugu))

Tenkaya (India (Telugu))

Nāriyal (India (Urdu))

Nāriyal kā per (India (Urdu))

Narival (Nepalese)

Polgaha (Sinhalese)

 

Mak un on (Burmese)

Ungbin (Burmese)

Kelapa (Indonesia (Malay))

Doung (Khmer)

Kok mak phao (Laotian)

Kelapa (Malay)

Nyior (Malay)

Boko (Tagalog (Malay))

Buko (Tagalog (Malay))

Niyog (Tagalog (Malay))

Ubod (palm heart) (Tagalog (Malay))

Ma phrao (Thai)

Ma phrao on (Thai)

Maak muu (Thai)

Dừa (Vietnamese)

 

Ye shu (Chinese)

Ye zi (Chinese)

Koko yashi (Japanese)

Natsume yashi (Japanese)

K'o k'o neos (Korean)

Ke ke ye zi (Taiwan (Chinese))

 

Mnazi (Swahili)

 

Bahia coconut palm (Brazil (English))

Coco-da-bahia (Brazil (Portuguese))

Coco-da-praia (Brazil (Portuguese))

Coqueiro da Bahia (Brazil (Portuguese))

Coqueiro-da-bahia (Brazil (Portuguese))

Coqueiro-da-praia (Brazil (Portuguese))

Description

Large branched clusters of densely studded spikes with small pale golden orange flowers that have three waxy pointed petals and resemble kernels of corn; male flowers are small and densely arranged, female flowers are similar but larger and fewer and borne only near the base of the spike. A graceful palm with luxuriant arching fronds and abundant edible fruits.