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Nipah

Nypa fruticans

Photo by zepcheok
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Field Notes

Description:

The nipa palm has a horizontal trunk that grows beneath the ground and only the leaves and flower stalk grow upwards above the surface. The flower yields a woody nut, these arranged in a cluster compressed into a ball.

Habitat:

Admiralty park

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PublishedJune 23, 2013

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