https://doi.org/10.4081/pb.2021.9025
The evidence for native coconuts growing in Australia
Submitted: 18 November 2020
Accepted: 24 November 2020
Published: 23 February 2021
Accepted: 24 November 2020
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The coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is not considered to be a native species in Australia due to the belief that the early European sea captains and botanists did not find coconut trees. A search of their reports shows that they regularly found evidence of coconuts including green and fresh nuts. Mature coconut trees were found from 1848 onwards. The indigenous knowledge, linguistics and oral history about coconuts is evidence that they grew in Australia prior to European colonization in 1788. A fossil coconut and fossils of Cocos pollen are evidence that they may have been in Australia for millions of years.
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Leu, A. . (2021). The evidence for native coconuts growing in Australia. International Journal of Plant Biology, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/pb.2021.9025
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