Chit Ko Ko

U Chit Ko Ko (Burmese: ချစ်ကိုကို IPA: [tɕʰɪʔ kò kò]) was a Burmese botanist. He produced several papers into botanical research that he conducted in Burma, Laos, and Cambodia. His 1961 paper on List of Trees and Shrubs, which was co-written by H.G.Hundley, identified about 7,000 species of Burmese plants.

In 1951, Chit Ko Ko met Francis Kingdon-Ward, and conducted further research on plants of Burma. Chit Ko Ko was only 26 years old at this time, and was the curator at the herbarium in Rangoon. Along with another Burmese botanist, Tha Hla, Kingdon-Ward and Chit Ko Ko set off on an expedition and reach Hkinlum in several days in the alpine region where they would expect to find hardy plants. During the expedition, Chit Ko Ko was said to have caught a bad chill, and had to be rubbed back to warmth. Nevertheless, the expedition was successful; the team collected 37 species of Rhododendrons and nearly 100 other species and 1400 herbarium specimens, including the lily, Lilium arboricola, and the honeysuckle, Lonicera hildebrandiana.

An obituary of Chit Ko Ko, named Obituary of a Botanist: U Chit Ko Ko was written by David Sayers, in about 1260 words and published in March 2009.