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Kakao or cacao tree ( Theobroma cacao ) is a perennial plant species in Malvaceae in the tropics, in the form of a tree 10 m high but in cultivation it will be limited to only 5 m to expand the canopy and multiply branches so that more fruit grows where the seeds are processed as chocolate. T. cacao has flowers like other Sterculiaceae members that grow directly from the stem, perfect and single flowers, 3 cm in diameter, but appear in panicles because often a bunch of flowers emerges from a single bud. The flowers are white and are ready to be pollinated within a few days especially by the Forcipomyia fly, winged ants, aphids and some Trigona bees which usually occur at night. The main pests of this plant are Bactrocera carambolae and Bactrocera papayae . Cacao trees generally cross-pollinate and have their own incompatibilities, but some varieties are capable of self-pollinating and produce higher-selling commodity types. The fruit grows from pollinated flowers, has a frui...

Worawari or spider hibiscus ( Hibiscus schizopetalus ) is a plant species in Malvaceae, upright shrubs, 2-4 m tall and generally very similar to Hibiscus rosa-sinensis but smaller and brighter leaves, usually found in the yard to decorate corners or as a fence component. H. schizopetalus has generally hung upper branches. Single leaf, stemmed, ovoid, jagged edges, pointed tip and base, 2-12 cm long, 1-7.5 cm wide and crammed at the tip of a branch. Spider hibiscus has a very distinctive flower, always hanging down because the stem length is 8-16 cm, the tip of the ginofor turns upward, the bright red petals with a darker base, the stamens tube has a length of 8-9 cm, the edges are eavesdropped so that looks like it's torn up. This species has not been widely cultivated and engineered so that the color of the petal is always red with several variations of white lines. These plants rarely produce fruit and seeds, propagation is more often done using cuttings or grafting. ...

Secang or Biancaea sappan ( Caesalpinia sappan ) is a species of small tree or shrub, 4-10 m tall, grayish-brown or green stems and has many protuberances like teeth with many thorns that are curved downward and scattered, young twigs and buds have fine hair that is smooth tanned. C. sappan has brown taproot, stems grow upright, compound leaves and double pinnate with 3-4 mm support, green and easy to fall. The main leaf bone is 25-40 cm long with 9-14 pairs of side leaf bones. Secang has 10-20 pairs of minor leaves on each side of the leaf bone, facing each other, oval shaped, 10-25x3-11 mm with a tilted base and curved ends, with flat edges and short hair. Flowers in panicles at the tip of the stem or in the upper armpits, 10-40 cm long, have protective leaves for 5-12x2-5 mm, hair and fall off easily. Pedicels have a length of 15-20 mm. Yellow flowers, number 5, bald petals and taju has a size of 7-10x4 mm. The flower crown has hair, 9-11.5x6-10 mm, the upward has smaller ...

Javan millipede or keluwing or luwing ( Remulopygus javanicus ) is an animal species in Harpagophoridae, cylindrical and elongated, 150 mm long, 15 mm wide, consisting of 60 segments, each of which has two pairs of legs, black and brown with reddish legs. R. javanicus has a round head with a size smaller than the body segments, the end segment at the tail has a reddish-brown tapered horn, a pair of reddish brown antennae, the whole body has a smooth and shiny surface. Javan millipede moves slowly and when touched will quickly roll itself up with the legs placed on the inside. Keluwing is a herbivore, eating plants to get all the nutrients. including fruit, wood and dry leaves, but sometimes also parts of living plants. Generally foraging at night, but sometimes found wandering around in the morning. Keluwing breed in burrows to lay eggs, after which the burrows are closed, then abandoned. They spend most of their time in underground pits and tunnels to rest. Kingdom: Animalia Ph...

Kacang hias or pinto peanut ( Arachis pintoi ) is plant species in Fabaceae that grow above the surface of the land, lowlands and highlands in the tropics, very adaptive but prefer to live in the shade rather than being exposed to direct sunlight. A. pintoi is an annual herb, the stems grow to form a sturdy plait, the roots will grow from the stem if it has direct contact with the soil, has the ability to tether nitrogen from the air and is very well grown as ground cover, fodder, ornamental plants in urban areas and reduce erosion. This plant has two pairs of leaves on each stalk, oval shaped for 1.5 cm wide and 3 cm long, producing continuous flowers throughout life for 40-65 flowers per square meter every day. Pollination will push the ovary in the gynophore to extend up to 27 cm and enter the ground up to 7 cm to form a pod that usually contains a seed. This species grows and develops well in sub-tropical and tropical regions, annual rainfall is above 1000 mm and 3-4 months...

Sea almond ( Terminalia catappa ) is a species of plant in the Combretaceae, a shady tree, grows quickly, forms a multi-tiered canopy and is often used as a shade tree in parks and roadsides. T. catappa grows large, up to 40 meters high and trunk up to 1.5 meters, shady canopy with branches that grow horizontally and in tiers, young trees often look like pagodas while old and large trees often have aerial roots up to 3 meters. Leaves are scattered, mostly crowded at the end of the twig, short-stemmed, round inverted egg-shaped, 8-38 cm long, 5-19 cm wide, wide tip with a sharp point and narrow base, smooth upper surface and smooth-haired lower surface, colored green but turns reddish when it falls off. The flowers are small, collected in spikelets near the ends of the twigs, 8-25 cm long and yellow-green in color. The flowers are not crowned, the petals have five spurs, are plate or bell shaped, 4-8 mm and are white or cream in color. The stamens are in two whorls and arranged ...

Keladi merah or heart of Jesus or angel wings ( Caladium bicolor ) is a species of flowering plants in Araceae, large leaves and arrow-shaped with various patterns of green, white and red, has many cultivars, often used as an ornamental plant and has been cultivated since the 18th century. C. bicolor grows in open areas in the forest and on river banks and becomes inactive during the dry season, 40-90 cm tall, reproduces itself by dividing tubers, requires high humidity but is not inundated and requires large tree shade. This plant has one to five leaves, oval-shaped or broad heart or slender arrows with a length of 15-45 cm, the leaf bone is centered at a point at the base of the stalk and spreads out, the surface is smooth and the edges are flat, flexible and has layers waterproof wax. The leaves have many hues depending on the cultivar, generally green on the edges with red in the middle and along the leaf bone with white patches on the entire surface. A long, green or bla...

Gadung or Asian vine snake or oriental whip snake ( Ahaetulla prasina ) is a species of snake that is most often found which resembles the tops of vines, up to 2 meters long, although generally only 1-1.5 meters, arborial and live in tropical regions and Asian rain forests. A. prasina has a pointed head like an arrow, eyes are rather large with horizontal pupils as if they were closing their eyes, long tail and functioned as a clutch of branches like other tree snakes. The top is green or gray-green with black, white or pale blue edge scales. The lower part is paler or yellowish green with thin yellow lines on both sides. Oriental whip snake live in trees, plants and wild bushes that thrive in open forests, plantations and house yards. The main food is a tree lizard, tree frogs, sometimes also chicks that are left by their mother. Asian vine snake will bend his neck to form like the letter "S" and flatten the neck when they feel threatened, so the edges of the scale...

Sugar palm ( Arenga pinnata ) is a plant species, the most important palm after coconut ( Cocos nucifera ) in Arecaceae which is a versatile plant, growing to 25 meters high and 65 cm in diameter, stems sturdy and at the top wrapped in by black fibers as leaf fronds that surround the stem. A. pinnata has pinnate compound leaves, up to 5 m long with stems up to 1.5 m. Minor leaves such as corrugated ribbon, 7x145 cm, dark green on the top and whitish by a layer of wax on the bottom. The male flowers separate from the female flowers in different cobs that appear in the armpit of the leaf and are up to 2.5 m long. Bullet-shaped fruit for a diameter of 4 cm, has three chambers and three seeds and arranged in chains. Each bunch has 10 or more stalks and each stalk has approximately 50 rows of green or yellowish brown fruit. This fruit cannot be eaten directly because the sap causes severe itching. Aren are easy to grow in tropical Asia, grow wild or planted on slopes or river cliffs a...

Garden cross spider ( Argiope pulchella ) is a spider species in Araneidae, synanthropic, dimorphic where females are larger in size, females build webs and are sometimes accompanied by X-shaped stabiliments while males occupy edges, long legs and prey on various insects. A. pulchella lives in natural forests, hilly slopes and disturbed habitats including fields, waterways and house yards. The web is built at a height of 1 m from the ground level which is connected to the branches of plants or leaves. The female has a size of 8-10 mm, dark yellow carapace with white hair. Heart-shaped front bone. Anterior brown with white patches. The stomach is somewhat pentagonal, the legs are long and brown, the cephalothorax is brown, the dorsum is bright yellow or white with three horizontal black stripes, the ventrum has black, white and yellow stripes. Males have a size of 4-6 mm, cephalothorax is dark brown and has no streaks. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida ...

Durian ( Durio zibethinus ) is a species of tropical plant in Malvaceae, an annual tree, everlasting green but there are certain times to grow new leaves after the fruiting period is over, popularly called "king of fruit" and considered a controversial fruit where many people like, but some others are even fed up with the scent. D. zibethinus grows to 25-50 m, reddish brown bark and irregular peeling, leafy and stretched canopy. The leaves are oval shaped to lanceolate, 10-15x3-4.5 cm, sitting alternately, stemmed, taper or blunt base and taper-pointed sloping, bright green upper side, the lower side covered with silver or golden scales. Flowers and fruit Flowers appear directly on the trunk or old branches at the proximal, clustered in panicles containing 3-10 florets or flat-shaped florets. Rounded flower buds, 2 cm in diameter and long stem. Tubular petals, 3 cm long, additional petals split into 2-3 round lobes. Crown shaped spatula with a length of 2 times the ...

Taro ( Colocasia esculenta ) is a plant species in Araceae, 0.4 to 1.5 m high, has no stem and is not woody, waxy leaves, important tuber producers where corm that grows underground is a source of carbohydrates and cultivated since ancient times. C. esculenta has 2-5 leaves with green stems, dark green or purplish stripes, 23-150 cm long and the base is a midrib. Leaves have a size of 6.60x7.53 cm, round eggs, oval with tapered ends, sometimes purplish in color around the stalks, waxy and rounded base. The flower comes in the cob on the armpit of the leaf and has a stem for a length of 15-60 cm. The sheath has a length of 10-30 cm consisting of two parts where the top is longer, yellow orange and fall out. Male cob is yellow, fruit is green and 0.5 cm in diameter. Bobbin-shaped seeds and grooved longitudinally. Taro is grown for tubers as an important source of carbohydrates. However, these tubers contain itchy sap, so they must be cooked before consuming them. Tubers can be pr...