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Internal ID UUID643fe498abf77333490470
Scientific name Nypa fruticans
Authority Wurmb
First published in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 1: 349 (1779)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Nipa arborescens Wurmb ex H.Wendl. Palmiers : 252 (1878)
Nipa fruticans Thunb. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 3: 231 (1782)
Nipa litoralis Blanco Fl. Filip. : 662 (1837)
Nypa fruticans var. neameana F.M.Bailey Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 5 1888
Cocos nypa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 567 (1790)

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Language Common/alternative name
English nipa palm
English nipah palm
English mangrove palm
Spanish nipa
ace nipah
ann ude
Arabic نخلة نيبا
ban buyuk
bcl nipa
Bengali গোলপাতা
Catalan nypoideae
German nipapalme
German nypoideae
German attappalme
Estonian nipapalm
Persian نخل نیپا
Finnish nipapalmu
Hungarian mangrovepálma
Indonesian nipah
Japanese ニッパヤシ属
Japanese ニッパヤシ
Korean 니파야자
mad bhunyo
mnw ကနိ၊ တၞံ
Malay pokok nipah
Malay nipah
Burmese ဓနိ
Dutch nypoideae
Dutch nipa
Polish nipa
Polish nipa krzewinkowa
Russian Нипа
Russian Пальма мангровая
Russian Ниповые
Russian Нипа кустистая
Russian Мангровая пальма
Russian nypoideae
su daon
Thai จาก
Vietnamese dừa nước
Vietnamese nypoideae
Chinese 烛子
Chinese 水椰
Chinese 露壁
Chinese 亚答子
Chinese 亚答树
Chinese 亚答籽
Chinese 水椰亚科
Chinese 水椰子

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  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Cambodia
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marianas
    • South-central Pacific
      • Society Islands
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000252566
USDA Plants NYFR2
Tropicos 2402070
INPN 447763
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:668507-1
The Plant List kew-136183
Open Tree Of Life 452633
NCBI Taxonomy 4718
IUCN Red List 178800
IPNI 668507-1
iNaturalist 83106
GBIF 2738422
Freebase /m/05h45j
EPPO NYAFR
EOL 1137487
US Library of Congress sh99013410
USDA GRIN 25449
Wikipedia Nypa_fruticans

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Ultrasonic-assisted extraction and UHPLC determination of ascorbic acid, polyphenols, and half-maximum effective concentration in Citrus medica and Ziziphus spina-christi fruits using multivariate experimental design Belayneh Asfaw T, Getachew Tadesse M, Beshah Tessema F, Woldemichael Woldemariam H, V. Chinchkar A, Singh A, Upadhyay A, Mehari B Food Chem X 26-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11031790
doi:10.1016/j.fochx.2024.101310
PMID:38645936
All tidal wetlands are blue carbon ecosystems Adame MF, Kelleway J, Krauss KW, Lovelock CE, Adams JB, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Noe G, Jeffrey L, Ronan M, Zann M, Carnell PE, Iram N, Maher DT, Murdiyarso D, Sasmito S, Tran DB, Dargusch P, Kauffman JB, Brophy L Bioscience 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11075650
doi:10.1093/biosci/biae007
PMID:38720908
Metagenomic data of microbiota in mangrove soil from Lukut River, Malaysia Yahaya N, Mohamed Rehan M, Hamdan NH, Nasaruddin SM Data Brief 07-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10877682
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2024.110155
PMID:38379885
Detection of a bibenzyl core scaffold in 28 common mangrove and associate species of the Indian Sundarbans: potential signature molecule for mangrove salinity stress acclimation Sarkar B, Kotal HN, Giri CK, Mandal A, Hudait N, Madhu NR, Saha S, Basak SK, Sengupta J, Ray K Front Plant Sci 16-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10824835
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1291805
PMID:38293624
Mitigation and community preparedness in anticipating tsunami disasters in Muara Batu, Aceh Utariningsih W, Novalia V, Saifullah T Jamba 05-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10729494
doi:10.4102/jamba.v15i1.1542
PMID:38116247
Marine polychaete Namalycastis sp. extracts enhance proliferation and regeneration of mice 3T3 fibroblast and MCR-5 human fibroblast cells Ghazaly MM, Lee GE, Shaipulah NF, Ibrahim YS, Mohammed A Saudi J Biol Sci 25-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10730865
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103883
PMID:38125737
Antioxidant activity, anti-tyrosinase activity, molecular docking studies, and molecular dynamic simulation of active compounds found in nipa palm vinegar Chatatikun M, Tedasen A, Pattaranggoon NC, Palachum W, Chuaijit S, Mudpan A, Pruksaphanrat S, Sohbenalee S, Yamasaki K, Klangbud WK PeerJ 24-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10680452
doi:10.7717/peerj.16494
PMID:38025738
Complete chloroplast genomes of six neotropical palm species, structural comparison, and evolutionary dynamic patterns Francisconi AF, Marroquín JA, Cauz-Santos LA, van den Berg C, Martins KK, Costa MF, Picanço-Rodrigues D, de Alencar LD, Zanello CA, Colombo CA, Hernández BG, Amaral DT, Lopes MT, Veasey EA, Zucchi MI Sci Rep 23-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10667357
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-44631-4
PMID:37996522
Palm Fungi and Their Key Role in Biodiversity Surveys: A Review Pereira DS, Phillips AJ J Fungi (Basel) 19-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10672035
doi:10.3390/jof9111121
PMID:37998926
An Updated Review of Fossil Pollen Evidence for the Study of the Origin, Evolution and Diversification of Caribbean Mangroves Rull V Plants (Basel) 14-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10674848
doi:10.3390/plants12223852
PMID:38005749
Overlooked Promising Green Features of Electrospun Cellulose-Based Fibers in Lithium-Ion Batteries Ansari MZ, Banitaba SN, Khademolqorani S, Kamika I, Jadhav VV ACS Omega 07-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10666264
doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c05068
PMID:38027388
Novel nutritionally-enriched gummy jelly infused with nipa palm vinegar powder and nipa palm syrup as functional food ingredients Palachum W, Klangbud WK, Chisti Y Heliyon 02-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10663921
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21873
PMID:38027860
Natural Antimicrobials: A Reservoir to Contrast Listeria monocytogenes Ricci A, Lazzi C, Bernini V Microorganisms 15-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10609241
doi:10.3390/microorganisms11102568
PMID:37894226
Challenges towards the Sustainability and Enhancement of the Indian Sundarban Mangrove’s Blue Carbon Stock Chanda A, Akhand A Life (Basel) 21-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10455859
doi:10.3390/life13081787
PMID:37629645
Antibacterial activity of hexane and methanol fractions of some selected plants against Klebsiella pneumoniae Andriani Y, Hanifah W, Kholieqoh AH, Abdul Majid FA, Hermansyah H, Amir H, Muhammad TS J Adv Pharm Technol Res 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10483901
doi:10.4103/JAPTR.JAPTR_183_23
PMID:37692002

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