Plants That Start With N

10 plants Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 10 plants that start with N, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

N is a short list of ten plants. Nutmeg is the most famous, an East Indian tree grown for its aromatic seed. Neem is a large tree of the East Indies, and nettle is a wild herb known for its stinging hairs.

The rest are more unusual. The necklace tree has seeds used as beads, the needle palm is a yucca with stiff leaves, and the natal plum is a South African shrub with spines. Night jasmine and net melon round out a letter that rewards curious readers.

Plants starting with N: 10
Best known: nutmeg, neem
Longest name: necklace tree

Best-known plants that start with N

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

nutmeg
neem
nettle

All plants that start with N

#	Name	What it is
1	natal plum	South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging
2	necklace tree	a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads
3	needle bush	shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
4	needle palm	yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
5	neem	large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies
6	net melon	a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
7	nettle	wild herb with stinging hairs on leaves and stems
8	night jasmine	West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
9	nut pine	any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds
10	nutmeg	East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace

Short plants with N

neem

Questions people ask

How many plants start with N?

This list has 10 plants starting with N, from well-known ones like nutmeg, neem, nettle to rarer kinds.

What plants start with N?

Well-known examples are nutmeg, neem, nettle.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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