Nipa
(its Moluccan name). ORD. Palmae. A monotypic genus. The species is an ornamental, unarmed, stove Palm. This plant is somewhat difficult to grow; its pot should be partially or nearly submerged in a tank in which tropical aquatics are cultivated.
N. fruticans (shrubby). fl. monoecious, axillary, enclosed in a spathe. fr. drupaceous, angular, one-seeded, aggregated in large heads. l. terminal, pinnatisect, often more than 20ft. long; segments lanceolate, acuminate, plicate-nerved, glaucous paleaceous beneath; margin recurved at base. Trunk horizontal, elongated, robust. Estuaries of rivers of tropical Asia and Australia, 1822.