-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Monocots (Class Liliopsida)​

-Palms, Bullanocks, and Allies (Order Arecales)

-Palms (Family Arecaceae)

-Subfamily Coryphoideae

-Tribe Cocoseae

-Subtribe Attaleinae

-Coconut Palms (Genus Cocos)

-Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)

Cocos nucifera, commonly called coconut or coconut palm. It is a tree with a slim and smooth trunk, a crown of leaves, and rounded, green or yellow fruit. Its flowers grow in clusters on a stem; a flowering structure known as an inflorescence. The female flowers are larger than the male flowers, and both are found on the same inflorescence.