Coconut Ecomuseum: Coconut palms of Papua New Guinea

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We devoted a full website to the coconut palms of Papua New Guinea. Click on the picture up to access...

New lethal coconut disease threatens

Papua New Guinea smallholders' livelihoods

Une nouvelle maladie attaquant le cocotier et le bananier

menace les petits fermiers de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée

Spicata Red Dwarf,, a coconut variety originating from PNG

Ms Emma Eliza Coe (1850-1913), also known as "Queen Emma of New Guinea", was a business woman and plantation owner of mixed American/Samoan descent. She brought Samoan coconut varieties to Kokopo (East New Britain Province) in the late eighteen century made the first recorded coconut introductions. Subsequently nuts were brought in from many sources including the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Java. Later, more coconut varieties were also brought in from Asian and Pacific areas...