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Ninayag- (Guam). 



Local name of a tree mentioned in a list sent by Governor Pablo Perez to the cap- 

 tain-general of the Pbilippines. He described it as having soft wood and growing 

 near the beach. It is sometimes used for furniture. Not identified. 

 Nino (Philippines). See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Niog- (Philippines). See Cocos nucifera. 

 Nipa (Guam, Philippines). See Nypa fruticans. 

 Nipay (Philippines). See Stizolobium giganteum and S. pruriens. 

 Niphobolus adnascens Kaulf. Same as Cyclophorus adnascem. 

 Nito ( Philippines) . See Lygodium scandens. 

 Niu (Samoa, Hawaii). See Cocos nucifera. 

 Niyog- (Guain). See Cocos nucifera. 

 Nolon (Guam). 



Name of a tree not identified, included by Governor Olive in a list sent by him 

 to the captain-general of the Philippines. 

 Nona (Malay Archipelago). See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nonag or Nonak ( Guam ) . See Hernanclia peltata. 

 Noni (Hawaii). See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nono ( Rarotonga, Tahiti) . See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nonok (Philippines) . See Ficus sp. 

 Nonu (Samoa). See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nonu-fi'afi'a (Samoa). See Caryophyllus malaccensis. 

 Nostoc. See Algse. 



Nuna ( Southern India) . See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nunu (Guam). A large banyan tree. See Ficus sp. 



Nothopanax cochleatum. Saucer-leaf. Shell-leaf. 



Family Araliaceae. 



Local names. — Platitos (Guam, Philippines); Rauparoro (Ternate); Daunpapeda 

 (Java). 



An introduced ornamental shrub, growing in many of the gardens of Guam, with 

 saucer-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. a 

 References: 

 Nothopanax cochleatum (Lam.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I 1 : 766. 1855. 

 Aralia cochleata Lam. Encyc. 1: 224. 1783. 

 Panax cochleatum DC. Prod. 4: 253. 1830. 

 Nothopanax fruticosum. Cut-leaved panax. 



Local names. — Papua (Guam, Philippines); Daun papedapapoea (Java); Tane- 

 tane (Samoa); Danidani (Fiji). 



An introduced ornamental shru b with tripinnate leaves. Leaflets lanceolate, bristly- 



« Miquel, Flora India? Batavise, vol. 1, p. 766, 1855. 



