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Bloodleaf (Iresine diffusa f. herbstii)

Bayam merah or chicken gizzard plant or Herbst's bloodleaf ( Iresine diffusa form herbstii ) is a form in Amaranthaceae, a shrub with upright stems or vines and branches, red in color, flowers in panicles at the ends of the stems, grows in damp or slightly wet places. I. diffuse f. hersbstii grows upright, the stem has grooves, is not woody, red in color and the segments are continuous. Leaves come in a variety of shapes and colors. Oval to elongated, base rounded to sharp, tip rounded to sharp. Petiole short to long. A central vein, several pinnate veins, flat margins, upper surface red and black or green and yellow. Small flowers. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae Genus: Iresine Species: Iresine diffusa Form: Iresine diffusa f. herbstii
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Woodland false buttonweed (Spermacoce remota)

Siwingan or woodland false buttonweed ( Spermacoce remota ) is a plant species in the Rubiaceae, an upright or spreading perennial herb up to 50 cm high, rectangular stems with scaly hairs on the ridges, branched and green in color. S. remote has leaf blades 50-70 mm long, 15-23 mm wide, petioles short and hairy. 5-6 lateral veins on each side of the midrib. Bare surface, undersurface with a few hairs along the veins. Stipules interpetiolar, hairy, margin scalloped with 7 teeth or pegs and teeth about 2-4 mm long. Inflorescence in dense axillary fascicles. Individual flowers are about 5 mm in diameter. The calyx lobes are 0.5-1 mm long and are covered with hair. The corolla tube is about 2.5 mm long, the lobes 2–2.5 mm long and are covered with hairs only on the outer surface near the apex. The anthers are 1 mm long. The filaments are 1-1.5 mm long and are attached to the corolla tube. This species grows near sea level to an elevation of 900 meters. It grows in disturbed areas and a

Greater galangal (Alpinia galanga)

Lengkuas or galangal or greater galangal ( Alpinia galanga ) is a plant species in the Zingiberaceae, growing to a height of 3 meters or more, underground rhizomes and small adventitious roots, young stems emerge as shoots from the base of old stems, the entire stem is covered with leaf sheaths or stems pseudo. A. galanga has leaves with short stalks, elongated lanceolate in shape, pointed tip, blunt base, flat edge, 25-50 cm long, 7-15 cm wide, 15-30 cm leaf midrib, grooved and green in color. Compound inflorescence in bunches, long stalks, erect and gathered at the end of the stalk. There are more flowers at the bottom than at the top of the stalk so that they are in the shape of an elongated pyramid. Petals are bell-shaped and greenish-white. The crown that is still a bud at the tip is white and the bottom is green. Flower lip has a length of 2.5 cm, white with a bright red oblique line on each side. The crown that is still in bud has a white color, while the base is green. Bun

Bandicoot berry (Leea indica)

Girang or bandicoot berry ( Leea indica ) is a plant species in Vitaceae, an upright shrub to a small tree, often with several trunks, growing 2-10 meters and sometimes up to 16 meters with a trunk diameter of about 19 cm, single root light brown and rigid. L. indica has woody stems, branched, cylindrical in shape, vines and green when young. Compound leaves, minor lanceolate leaves, short stalks, serrated edges, pointed tip, rounded base, 6-25 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, pinnate veins, hairy and green. Leaf marks are clearly visible. Compound flowers, forming panicles and umbrella-shaped in the leaf axils. Star-shaped petals, 2-5 cm long and whitish yellow. Torn-shaped crown. The anthers are white. The fruit is round, 12 mm in diameter, when young it is green and when it is old it is purple-black. The seeds are small, triangular in shape and yellowish white in color. It grows in primary rainforest, mountain, secondary rainforest, monsoon forest, coastal forest, mixed forest, teak forest,