Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) with the moon rising, Tobago, Caribbean.

Tony Wu / Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) with three crowns, Tongatapu Island, Kingdom of Tonga

Ashley Cooper / Coconut seedling (Cocos nucifera) on beach, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. March 2007. These islands are very low lying and susceptible to sea level rise.

Kirkendall-Spring / Rainforest area with native Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) and invasive African tulip trees (Spathodea campanulata), North Kohala, Hamakua Coast, Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Nanue Falls along Akoni Pule Highway (Highway 270) with native Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) and invasive African tulip trees (Spathodea campanulata), Hamakua Coast, Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) silhouetted against the sunrise with person sleeping in a hammock, Punalu'u Beach Park, Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) silhouetted against the sunset over the Pacific Ocean, Kekaha Kai State Park along the Kona Coast Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) silhouetted against the sunset over the Pacific Ocean, Kekaha Kai State Park along the Kona Coast Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera), Hawaii.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees planted in a lava field near Kaimu, Hawaii

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees planted in a lava field near Kaimu, Hawaii

Staffan Widstrand / Coconut palm tree nut germinating (Cocos nucifera) Triton Bay, Mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea,