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, staple food
 * Smoke palm (XXX) - 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 (XXX) - relatively rare, sporadically found in the forests, with very thick and stout stems, only flower and bear fruits every 20-30 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 (XXX) - 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

 * rattan 1 (hatok): useful for fiber
 * rattan 2 (kye): useful for fruit
 * rattan 3: just annoying

Trees

 * tree 1 (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


 * tree 4 (azani): swampberry tree: common in swamp/bog, fruit small but 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

 * Wormwood (shimgwora): nest-shaped, bromeliad-like epiphytes high up in the tree, useful to 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

Grasses

 * 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