EMERGENCY FOOD PLANTS AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



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Figure 15. — Nipa palm {Nipa fruticans) . 



In favorable habitats it sometimes covers hundreds of acres. 

 It is a stemless palm, the part corresponding to the trunk 

 creeping in the mud and sending up several long leaves. The 

 normal height is about 15 feet. The solitary, dark, brown 

 round heads of fruits are about 1 foot or more in diameter. 

 The large white seeds may be eaten when immature; in 

 young stages they somewhat resemble the meat of the coco- 

 nut. When fully mature the seed is very hard, and if eaten 



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