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Ninayag ((iuam). 
Local name of a tree mentioned ina list sent by Governor Pablo Perez to the cap- 
tain-general of the Philippines. Tle deseribed it as having soft wood and growing 
nearthe beach, It is sometimes used for furniture. Not identified. 
Nino (Philippines). See Morinda ecitrifolia, 
Niog (Philippines). See Cocos nec pera, 
Nipa (Guam, Philippines). See Napa fruticans. 
Nipay (Philippines). See Sfizolobiivi giganterme and S, pruriens, 
Niphobolus adnascens Kaulf. Same as Cyclophorus adiascens. 
Nito (Philippines). See Lyygodium scandens. 
Niu (Samoa, Hawaii). See Cocos nucifera. 
Niyog ((iuam). See Cocos nucifera. 
Nolon (Guam). 
Name of a tree not identified, included by Goyernor Olive in a list sent by him 
to the captain-general of the Philippines. 
Nona (Malay Archipelago). See Morinda citriyjolia. 
Nonag or Nonak ((ruam). See Hernandia peltata, 
Noni (Hawaii). See Morinda citrifolia, 
Nono (Rarotonga, Tahiti). See Morinda citrifolia. 
Nonok (Philippines). See Micus sp. 
Nonu (Samoa). See Morinda citrifolia. 
Nonu-fi’afi’a (Samoa). See Caryophyllus malaccensis. 
Nostoc. See tigi. 
Nuna (Southern India). See Morinda citrifolia. 
Nunu (Guam). A large banyan tree. See Ficus sp. 
Nothopanax cochleatum. SAUCER-LEAF,  SIELL-LEAF. 
Family Araliaceae. 
LocaL NAMES.—Platitos (Guam, Philippines); Rauparoro (Ternate ); Daun papeda 
(Java). 
An introduced ornamental shrub, growing in many of the gardens of Guam, with 
ganeer-like or shell-like concave leaves, which are petioled, simple, round-cordate, 
and spinulose-ciliate and dentate. Flowers small, growing in dense paniculate 
umbels; calyx-tube obconical, with adherent ovary, the limb minutely 5-toothed, 
persistent; petals 5, valvate; stamens 5, alternating with the petals; ovary 2-celled; 
styles 2; fruit 2-seeded. 
This plant is a native of the Malay Archipelago. In Java it is much planted about 
dwellings and in the villages. It has been introduced into South America, The 
leaves serve as dishes, also as greens. Together with the root, according to Rumphius, 
they are mixed with parsley and act as a diuretic. 
REFERENCES: 
Nothopanax cochleatum (Lam.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1!: 766. 1855. 
Aralia cochleata Lam, Eneye, 1: 224, 1783. 
Panax cochleatum DC. Prod. 4: 253, 1880. 
Nothopanax fruticosum. CUuT-LEAVED PANAX. 
Local, NAMeEs.—Paptia (Guam, Philippines); Daun papeda papoea (Java); Tane- 
tane (Samoa); Danidani (Fiji). 
An introduced ornamental shrub with tripinnate leaves. Leaflets lanceolate, bristly- 
« Miquel, Flora Indi Bataviz, vol. 1, p. 766, 1855. 
