Friday, January 23, 2009
Nipah palm / attap chee plant.
The Nipah Palm is the among the few palms that grow well in mangroves. It grows in soft mud, usually where the water is calmer, but where there is regular inflow of freshwater and nutritious silt. They can be found inland, as far as the tide can deposit the Palm's floating seeds. It can tolerate infrequent inundation, so long as the soil does not dry out for too long.
This is a picture of the attap chee of the nipah palm. So wonderful! (: