• EPPO Code: CCNNU
• Preferred name: Cocos nucifera
• Authority: Linnaeus

Malesia (Philippines), New Guinea, Australia (Queensland). Widely cultivated. Introduced in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Sénégal to Cameroon, Central Africa, eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique, Madagascar, USA (southeast), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, northern Brazil, Bolivia