Flora of Naiparku

Naiparku possesses a rich, splendid flora, featuring notably a high diversity of palms and rattans, and many species specialized in wetland and coastal habitats. Several important groups of plant species include:

Palms

 * Blood palm (ovo) - its reddish sap is considered to have medicinal properties (heals blood and bones and muscles), its wood and fiber are considered one of the better construction and weaving material
 * Fruit palm (mibo) - common palm with fruits with milky white pulp, not very fragrant but rather sweet, staple food
 * Smoke palm (hasek) - small-sized palm, sap and flower with pungent smell, after the wood and inflorescence are burned the ash is considered to have medicinal properties (fends off infections)
 * Meat palm (denadowo) - relatively rare, sporadically found in the forests, with very thick and stout stems, only flower and bear fruits every 5-10 years, producing large, fleshy aggregate fruits with savory and protein-rich pulp that is very tasty: its harvest and consumption is an important event.
 * Southern palm (kirah) - one of the tallest palms lining the southern shore, ornamental and also has function of soil stabilization and wind sheltering, large leaves can be used as roofing material or fiber.

Rattans

 * Hatok rattan (hatok): useful for fiber
 * Kye rattan (kye): useful for fruit
 * Hooker rattan (tochik): just annoying

Trees

 * Veyora (veyora): terra firme, beautiful flower, flowering associated with celebration and rejuvenescence
 * tree 2: terra firme, poisonous but very good wood
 * tree 3: terra firme, northern, deciduous (one of the only few); not poisonous, also good wood but less so than tree 2
 * Swampberry (azani): common in swamp/bog, fruit small and dark red in clusters, slightly sour but flavorful and delicious
 * tree 5: common in mangrove, multi-stemmed and sturdy, protection against erosion
 * tree 6: less common in mangrove, like willow with silvery leaves, often planted as decoration (alongside palms)

Epiphytes

 * Wormroom (shimgwora): nest-shaped, bromeliad-like epiphytes high up in the tree, useful for gathering of flavorful insects/invertebrates
 * Grassmolt (yabetre): bright green, thin, flattened stems that serve as photosynthetic organs, no leaves but tendrils with tiny prickly protrusions; drooping inflorescences with translucent white-yellow flowers, considered lucky to see one as the flowering period is very short, lasting only a couple of days, and flowers only open at dusk
 * Spicy orchid (kajim): large, flashy flowers, petal used as spice
 * Pepper vine (bana): climbing on trees along low to medium height, medium-sized palmate/lobed leaves with bubbly texture and peppery taste, like arugula/rocket

Herbaceous

 * vegetable 1
 * vegetable 2
 * vegetable 3
 * grass 1: common in moor/fen/marsh
 * grass 2: less common in moor/fen/marsh
 * Creeping grass (trehoso): common in terra firma, bright green gleaming leaves, extensive stolon network

Spice

 * Nutmeg/mace (podra): trees growing in inland terra firma forests, with tall, straight trunks with fine vertical fissures. They are shae-intolerant species and are rarely found in shaded environments, and flowering only happens when sunlight is sufficient year round, and usually at the end of summer. They produce solitary flowers, about 3 cm in diameter, with 12 light pink lanceolate petals, many stamens so short that almost only the anthers are present and a single long yellow carpel. After the flower wilts, a single round fruit develops and matures in about a month. There are multiple ways to utilize the plant as spice: pulp of the mature fruit, the translucent membrane between the fruit and the seed, the mature seed, and the immature fruit (including seed). The immature fruit contains a high level sulfate and can make people sick when ingested (Nahmons have especially low tolerance), so it is processed by slightly crushing and washing the fruit in flowing water before drying it. The workers involved in this process often fall ill from the sulfur that they're exposed to nevertheless.


 * Clove: trees growing in flood swamps
 * Ginger: herbaceous, growing in seasonal fens
 * Turmeric: herbaceous, growing in seasonal fens
 * Cardamom: herbaceous, growing in seasonal fens
 * Galangal: herbaceous, growing in seasonal fens