nillho

Updated: July 15, 2025

This plant, in proportion to its size, grows as close as corn in a field, and forms a dense jungle most difficult to penetrate. When the jungles are in this state, the elk is at a disadvantage, as the immense exertion required to break his way through this mass soon fatigues him, and forces him to come to bay. Every seven years this 'nillho' blossoms.

Sir Samuel White Baker - The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon