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Cocos nucifera (Coconut)

Cocos nucifera (Coconut) photo by Uv411 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cocos nucifera (Coconut) By Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen - List of Koehler Images, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=255528

Cocos nucifera (Coconut) from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Copperplate Textile, Cook's Voyage, c. 1785

Common Names: Coconut, Coconut Palm, Coconut Tree, Cocoa-nut Tree

Description: Cocos nucifera (Coconut) is a member of the Palm Tree Family (Arecaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 5, p. 279 recorded that this plant is native to the East Indies and was introduced into cultivation in Britain (presumably in hothouse cultivation) in 1690.

Quilts with this Cocos nucifera (Coconut) motif:

None known at this time

Chintz with this Cocos nucifera (Coconut) motif:

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Copperplate Textile, Cook's Voyage, Object Number 1963-193, c. 1785

Additional Cocos nucifera (Coconut) Motifs

Cocos nucifera (Coconut) from the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum, Palampore (India); cotton; H x W: 365.8 × 266.7 cm (144 × 105 in.); Museum purchase from Restricted Funds; 1968-78-2

Quilts with this Cocos nucifera (Coconut) motif:

None known at this time

Palampore with this Cocos nucifera (Coconut) motif*:

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum, Palampore (India), Acccession Number 1968-78-2, mid to late 18th century

* Identification of this palm was provided by Dr. Robert Read per Alice Baldwin Beer, Trade Goods - A Study of Indian Chintz (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970), 61.