nilad . ( Voice tagala ). 1. m. shrub of the Philippines, of the family of the Rubiáceas, with stems ramosos about two meters in height, leaves ovate, opposite, entire, thick, hairless, axillary, white flowers in little tight bouquets, and the size of a pea ellipsoidal drupe fruit, crowned by the persistent calyx and with two seeds. It abounds in the contours of the city of Manila, name which means town of this shrub land.