Scyphiphora

Scyphiphora is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, which has a large distribution range from India, to tropical Asia and the western Pacific.This flora has many local common names in Asia, such as Nilad or Sagasa in the Philippines.The fruits are elliptic and deeply ridged, becoming light brown and buoyant when ripe.[citation needed] One popular — but antiquated and less linguistically plausible — etymology for Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, asserts that the city's name derives from this shrub, locally known as nilad.