▁brown ▁and ▁bu oy ant ▁when ▁ri pe . ▁ ▁Us es ▁Its ▁dark ▁brown ▁wood ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁craft ▁small ▁objects . ▁Le af ▁extract s ▁are ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁helpful ▁for ▁st om ach ▁ach es . ▁The ▁flowers ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁cle ans ing ▁or ▁wh iten ing ▁la und ry ▁agent . ▁ ▁Culture ▁ ▁One ▁popular ▁— ▁but ▁anti qu ated ▁and ▁less ▁lingu ist ically ▁pla us ible ▁— ▁et ym ology ▁for ▁Man ila , ▁the ▁capital ▁city ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines , ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁the ▁city ' s ▁name ▁der ives ▁from ▁this ▁shr ub , ▁locally ▁known ▁as ▁nil ad . ▁However , ▁from ▁a ▁lingu istic ▁perspective ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁unlikely ▁for ▁native ▁Tag alog ▁speak ers ▁to ▁completely ▁drop ▁the ▁final ▁con son ant ▁/ d / ▁in ▁nil ad ▁to ▁achieve ▁the ▁present ▁native ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁(" May nil à "). ▁ ▁Chem istry ▁ ▁The ▁plant ▁contains ▁f ried elin , ▁s yr ing ic ▁acid , ▁is os cop o letin , ▁fra x et ol , ▁cas u arin ond i ol ▁and ▁gu a ia cy l gly cer ol - beta - fer ul ic ▁acid ▁ ether . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁S cy phi ph ora ▁in ▁the ▁World ▁Check list ▁of ▁Rub ia ceae ▁ ▁Category : M ang ro ves ▁Category : Mon ot yp ic ▁Rub ia ceae ▁gener a ▁Category :