• Narrow distribution. In Vanuatu only. On coconut. An important disease only on introduced varieties.
• Leaves in the mid-section of crown turn yellow, break and hang down; the rest remain green. As younger leaves age they too turn yellow, trunks taper and the palm dies. Some varieties recover, e.g., Rennell Tall.
• Spread by a planthopper that lives on wild Hibiscus.
• Biosecurity: follow international guidelines for the transfer of coconuts.
• Cultural control: resistant varieties: Vanuatu tall and Vanuatu dwarf varieties and hybrids between them are resistant.
• Chemical control: none recommended.

New Hebrides coconut disease. It has also been known as foliar decay Mindus taffini. The name 'Mindus taffini' belongs to the planthopper insect that transmits the disease.

Coconut foliar decay nanavirus. The abbreviation is CFDV.