Modelrelease no: Harunur Rashid, 28, a young Nipa Palm collector posed for photographs in Sundarbans mangrove on March 10, 2009, Khulna, Bangladesh. Nipa Palm locally known as Golpata, is a member of the family Arecaceae or Palmae. It is a mangrove species, found along the banks of rivers and streams throughout Asia, Oceania and east coast of Africa. It needs regular inundation. In the Sundarbans it grows in slightly and moderately saline zones. People used Nipa palm to make house roof.

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Location: Bangladesh
Photo credit: © Aminuzzaman / Alamy / Afripics
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