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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 fruit size much large...

Spider hibiscus ( Hibiscus schizopetalus ) is a plant species in the Malvaceae, taproot, erect stem woody, smooth, bark green when young and becomes grayish with increasing time, upper branches generally droop. H. schizopetalus has leaves of a simple shape, stemmed, ovoid in shape, serrated edges, pointed tip and base, up to 12 cm long, up to 7.5 cm wide and grow crowded at the ends of branches. Single flower, stem with a length of 8-16 cm, out of the axillary leaves and hanging down. The crown has a double pinnate crown with a narrow, ragged-looking crown. Bright red color with a darker base. The stamen tube is limp and 7-9 cm long. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule with five chambers. Reniform seeds, 2-3 mm in diameter and dark brown. This species grows well in the lowlands with an elevation of 0-200 meters, full sun, moist soil, good drainage and requires little water. This plant contains anthocyanins, alkaloids, triterpenoids, triterpene esters, phenolic acids, flavonoids, p...

Secang ( Biancaea sappan ) is a species of plant in the Fabaceae, a small tree or shrub, 4-10 meters high, the stem is grayish brown or green and has tooth-like protrusions with many scattered spines. B. sappan has a brown taproot, erect stem, compound and double-pinnate leaves with 3-4 mm abutments, falls easily and is green. The main leaves are up to 50 cm long with 18-28 minor leaves and sit in pairs. Minor leaves are up to 20 cm long, 10-20 pairs of strands on each side of the leaf vein and sit opposite each other. The strands are oval, 2 cm long, 1 cm wide, slanted at the base and curved ends. The flowers are in panicles at the end of the stem or in the upper axils, 10-40 cm long, have bracts 5-12 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, hairy and fall off easily. Pedicels are 15-20 mm long. Flowers are yellow, numbered 5, petals are glabrous, the petals are 7-10 mm long and 4 mm wide. The crown has hair, 9-11 mm long, 6-10 mm wide, the higher it gets, the smaller the size, has 5 mm nails, 1...

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...

Oriental whip snake ( Ahaetulla prasina ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is an arboreal snake with a slender body resembling a vine, reaching lengths of up to 2 meters. It features an arrow-shaped, pointed head and large eyes with horizontal pupils—giving it the appearance of squinting—as well as a long, prehensile tail used for gripping branches. The upper body is green or grayish-green, with the edges of the scales colored black, white, or pale blue. The underside is lighter in color—often a yellowish-green—with a thin yellow stripe running along both sides. When threatened, the snake curves its neck into an "S" shape and flattens it. This action reveals the black, white, or pale blue scale edges, serving as a warning to deter intruders. As a further defensive behavior, it may open its mouth wide to display a contrasting color on the inside. A. prasina inhabits trees, plants, and shrubs found in open forests, plantations, and home gardens. They are v...

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 meter 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. The female spins a circular web made of silk, incorporating ...

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 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. This durian fruit is capsule type and is round to oval with a length of ...

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...