English: Mangrove palm; Water palm.
Names: Attap palm; Nipa palm; Mangrove palm; Water palmn.
Indonesia; Buah nipah; Buah atap.
Vietnam; Ging Po.
Sri Lanka; gol pat.
Bangladesh: Dani; Burma.
Botany: mangrove; southern Asia and northern Australia; soft mud and slow moving tidal and river waters; leaves long, feathery.
Use: roof material; basketry; thatching; sweet flavour to meat; wrap tobacco for smoking; sweet, edible sap for alcoholic beverage; fuel ethanol, butanol.