Nārikela，樹名。探玄記二十曰：「那利羅者，具云捺唎羅吉唎，此云莖第有用樹。捺唎此云莖也，羅是是多聲，謂莖等枝葉花果也。吉唎此云能作，謂此樹莖等悉有用益眾生故。此樹出海中，其形甚高，似多羅樹。其果甚美，於中有汁，似耶子樹。」西域記二曰：「那利薊羅果。」
(那利薊羅) nārikela,nārikera, 捺唎羅吉唎 The coco-nut. Nārikeladvīpa is described as 'an island several thousand li south of Ceylon, inhabited by dwarfs 3 feet high, who have human bodies with beaks like birds, and live upon coco-nuts'. Eitel.