Clement, Charles R.Zizumbo-Villarreal, DanielBrown, Cecil H.Ward, R GerardAlves-Pereira, AlessandroHarries, Hugh C.2015-12-130006-8101http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74747It has been clearly established that the Portuguese introduced coconuts to the Cape Verde islands in 1499, and these supplied the Atlantic coasts and the Caribbean in the 1500s. By contrast, early 16th century reports of coconuts on the Pacific coast of PKeywords: Cocos nucifera Archaeology; Cocos nucifera; Ethnobotany; History; Linguistics; Molecular genetics201310.1007/s12229-013-9121-z2016-02-24