Syrphus flies apparently pollinate Asterogyne martiana in Costa Rica, and drosophila flies are thought to pollinate the nipa palm in New Guinea. |
Each picks out his own little roof of nipa, tile, zinc, or palm. |
Traditional houses in rural areas are nipa huts constructed of bamboo and roofed with leaves from palm trees or corrugated metal. |
But the Thirty-fourth was temporarily stationed in big nipa barracks at malate. |
The sale of the nipa wine is a monopoly in the hands of the Government. |
Several colossal, yet dormant, volcanoes lorded over a steamy jungle realm of rice paddies, nipa huts, majestic palm trees, and lush undergrowth. |