Abstract:
This preliminary study of Nypa phenology was conducted at several islands at Kelantan
Delta, Tum.pat. . Actually phenology, refer to the word which is derived from the Greek
word phaino meaning to show or to appear, is the study of periodic biological events in
the animal and plant . About 390 N.fruticans were tagged from the total of 3833 Nypa
trees. The observation was done mainly on the trees development monthly.5 stages for
male reproductive flower and 8 stages for female reproductive flower were been observed
for 6 month started from May to October 2011. The aimed of this study is to find the
timing flowering and fruiting of Nypa fruticans and to determine and thus environmental
parameter characteristics of N.fruticans in selected islands of Kelantan Delta with the
phenology.
