Marianne North Gallery

589. Nipa Palm, Borneo

Inflorescence of the natural size in front, with a portion of a leaf behind, and the growing plant in fruit in the distance. This somewhat anomalous-looking Palm (Nipa fruticans, Wurmb.) is very common in the muddy estuaries of rivers and in tidal sw

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Borneo, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Nipa, Painting, Palm, River

571. A Clump of Screw Pine and Palm with a glimpse of the river

A strong fibre is obtained from the leaves of some of the Screw pines ; and sugar bags are made of the leaves of Pandanus utilis, Bory, a Mauritian species. The Palm conspicuous from its red stem is Cyrtostachys Lakka, Blume ; The Screw Pine is P. Ka

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Glimpse, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Plam, River, Sarawak, Screw Pine

563. A Mangrove Swamp in Sarawak, Borneo

Various trees and shrubs, belonging to different natural families, that constitute the vegetation of the tidal swamps of warm countries, are called Mangroves ; but the Rhizophoraceae a small family are all, or nearly all, maritime, and specially enti

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Borneo, Fruit, Green Brown, Leaves, Mangrove Swamp, Mangroves, Marianne North, Painting, S Eed, Sarawak