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QUARTERMASTER CORPS 



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Figure 14. — Coconut {Cocos nucifera) . 



any stage of development. Local names: Nu, ni, niu, nius, 

 nihau, niweur, niel, igo, 7iizok, niog, hardmbir, ardmhir, 6J}i, 

 kaldpa, njejong, njur, njir, Idngai, ongat, tdpo, niuka, bdnga, 

 bongo, kaluku, utiri, turiri, niyog, noe merau, efo, epoh, bdku, 

 krdmbil, krdmbir, tuivaloh, keldmbir, vdte. 



f. Nipa palm (Nipa fruticans) . — This palm occurs only 

 along tidal streams and back of the mangrove swamps where 

 it is always within the influence of salt or brackish water. 



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