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Kencana ungu or pletesan or popping pod or minnieroot ( Ruellia tuberosa ) is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae, an upright herb, up to 2 meters high and has many branches. The leaves are oval, with a pointed base, blunt tip, thin, flat surface, green, flat edges and pinnate veins. R. tuberosa has leaves up to 13 cm long, 7 cm wide and stalks up to 4 cm long. Trumpet-shaped flowers, 4-5 cm in diameter and up to 6 cm long. The thin crown is purple or blue, five strands and fused downwards to form a tube. The fruit is tubular with a pointed tip and 2-3 cm long. Young fruit is green, old fruit is brown. If the ripe fruit is exposed to water it will burst, detach and be thrown from the stalk. The seeds are round, flat and brown. Minnieroot uses taproots and tubers. This plant contains active chemical compounds including alkaloids, triterpenoids, flavonoids, phenolics, saponins, coumarin and quinone dyes. Roots contains apigenin and luteolin. Seed oil contains myristic, capril and la...

Candi Banyunibo or Banyunibo Temple or 'falling-dripping water' is a Buddhist site built in the 9th century in the era of the Medang Kingdom in Cepit Hamlet, Bokoharjo Village, Prambanan District, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia. Banyunibo Temple is located in a valley of the hills of Kewu Plain which is rich in archeological sites within the Gread Prambanan formation. This temple stands not far from the Ratu Boko Palace complex, Barong Temple, and Ijo Temple, even around the temple found many sites of temples and other statues scattered in several surrounding villages. Banyunibo was found in ruins, then began to be excavated and examined in the 1940s. The main temple was fully restored in the 1970s. At the top has a stupa as a distinctive feature of Buddhism and this temple is a Buddhist sacred building rich in ornaments. The temple stands in a narrow valley surrounded by two kilometers of rice fields. Almost every part of the temple is filled with vario...

Pecut kuda or blue porterweed ( Stachytarpheta jamaicensis ) is a species of plant in Verbenaceae, 1-3 meters high, woody stems although small, tapering roots, the entire surface of the stem is brown and dark green with green leaves and blue flowers. S. jamaicensis has leaves 1-4.5 inches wide and up to 2.5 inches long, light green all year round in all seasons but turning dark green when exposed to sunlight all day. The leaves are round or oval with small serrated edges arranged opposite the main stem. The inflorescences are purple or bluish-purple, the petals located on the stalk are green and scaly. Each stalk consists of several flowers that are clustered along a line. Flowers are 0.3 inches wide, crown consisting of 5 petals or odd. Bud along the stalk, then begin to bloom sequentially from the bottom of the stalk to the top of the stalk. The flower only lasts a day, then it is replaced by another bud at the top. This plant grows in roadsides, untreated gardens, meadows, ope...

Kuntul besar timur or great white egret or Eastern great egret ( Ardea alba modesta ) is the Ardeidae of birds and has the largest size in the genus Egretta. Birds like rice fields, mangroves, mudflats and lagoons to eat eels, fish, shrimp, crabs, grasshoppers and dragonfly larvae. A. a. modesta has a length from head to foot 85 - 105 cm, the whole is white, the beak is heavier, long neck and is in the shape of 'S'. This bird stands tall and pecks the prey from above. Grooving through the rite dancing and chasing the couple. Flying with flapping wings is slow, graceful and full of energy. When breeding has a hairless blue-green face skin, fine hairs on the body, yellow beak, hairless red thighs and black legs. When not breeding has a yellowish face skin, yellow beak and black tip, black legs and yellow iris. Eastern great egret lives alone or groups in large colonies with other water birds to nest in trees near watery environments. The nest is built from shallow branche...

Ades or Randa kencana or marigold ( Tagetes erecta ) are plants in the family Compositae (Asteraceae), as one of the ornamental herbs commonly used as hedgerows and are commercially cut flowers which have unique flowers and striking colors. T. erecta is an annual plant, grows on soil with a neutral pH in hot areas, lots of sunlight and good drainage. The height of this plant ranges from 30 cm to 120 cm. The stem grows erect and branched, greenish white if the shoots are young and green if they are grown. In all stems grow a compound with pointed ends and jagged edges. The outermost layer is the stem epidermis. Single leaves, pinnate resembling compound leaves, elongated shape to narrow lanceolate with round glandular spots on the edges and green. Marigolds have flowers measuring 7.5 - 10 cm with double crown arrangements, bright colors with orange and golden yellow. Flowers have a complete organ including pistils and stamens, shaped like a hump, single or collected in panicles ...

Lantana or Tembelekan or Saliara or Umbelanterna ( Lantana camara ) are bush shrubs with height up to 2 meters, perennial class, favored by butterflies and bees. These plants live wild in agricultural areas, forest gaps, riparian zones, grasslands, secondary forests and beaches. L. camara lives in the lowlands up to 1700 meters above sea level. In various tropical countries this plant is often treated as an annual ornamental plant. The leaves are dark green, the rough surface follows the groove to the outside and the tapered tip. The fruit is round and dark green, but turns black when ripe. Flowers have many colors depending on variety, but in general are dominated by red, pink, white, yellow, bronze and orange. Each plant has several flowers and each flower grows several crowns with different and colorful features. This plant lives in the hot sun and grows in all conditions. Farmers consider this plant a weed. Traditional medicine uses Lantana as a medicine for itching, swelli...

Turi or vegetable hummingbird or hummingbird tree or Aeschynomene grandiflora or Agati grandiflora ( Sesbania grandiflora ) is a small tree member of Fabaceae. This soft-wooded and short-lived tree has a height of 5 meters to 12 meters and speckled roots are useful for fertilizing the soil. S. grandiflora has large flowers, comes out of the twigs, is shaped like a butterfly when it blooms and is white or red or a combination of both. Generally two to four flowers hang, stem and sickle shaped buds. Wood has brownish outer skin, uneven with irregular and longitudinal grooves with a layer of cork that is easily peeled off. The inner wood is slimy, runny, red and bitter taste. Branching only comes out when it reaches 5 meters. Turi has compound and scattered leaves. Leaves are 1 cm to 2 cm long. The leaves are elongated, flat surface, and even pinnate. The length of the stalks is 20-30 cm. The stalk is short and contains 20-40 pairs of minor leaves. The fruit is pod-shaped, hangi...

Kismo bee or Lebah Kismo ( Xylocopa aestuans ) are carpenter bee, larvae eat honey, have yellow hair on their backs, have fat bodies, are large in size more than 2 cm long, mouth does not have mandibles and larger hind legs. X. aestuans has a shiny black color but the back has yellow feathers with longitudinal line features, membrane and long wings, has two antennas on the head, a fat body with a large belly and a bent body posture. This insect is historically widespread in Southeast Asia. Lebah Kismo spend most of their time in rice fields, forests and other environments that grow many flower plants. A group of X. aestuans come to each flower to eat honey where each visit lasts only a few seconds. This bee has an important role in the ecosystem, especially as a pollinating plant. Kismo bees live socially and build nests in wooden cavities on dead trees, wood piles or people's houses. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Suborder: ...

Kuntul kerbau or buffalo egret or cattle egret ( Bubulcus ibis ) is the smallest bird of the herons to about 50 cm long, likes to look for food in rice fields that are being hijacked or planted. This bird is leaner than Blekok sawah or Javan pond heron ( Ardeola speciosa ), although not as large as larger egrets. B. ibis has white throughout the body, but during the mating season it has a yellow color on the head, neck, back and chest. This bird has a shorter neck, a rounder and thicker head, a beak about 9 cm or shorter than other herons. The beak is yellow and the legs are black. When breeding it is good to live in a large tree with other herons. Their togetherness makes predators reluctant to approach. Birds nest in large colonies and like to live around rice fields, swamps, mangroves, swamps and grasslands to eat insects, frogs, eels, crabs, shrimp, snails, rats and snakes. B. ibis likes to join with cows and buffaloes where in the afternoon small groups do fly low in a ro...

Blekok sawah or Blekok Jawa or Rice field heron or Javan pond heron ( Ardeola speciosa ) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family, about 46 cm long, living around rice fields to eat eels, fish, crabs and insects. This bird has white, brown and black. A. speciosa has a yellow and black beak on the tip. The head and neck are light brown, the chest is dark brown, the abdomen is white and the back is black. Long yellow legs. Blekok sawah has a small size in the Ardeidae family. In the non-breeding period, the back color is browned. When flying wings look very contrast with a black back. These birds live alone or in scattered groups to make nests in tree canopies in large colonies with other water birds. Nests are constructed from stacks of twigs on branches or leafy branches in tall trees around the water environment in urban and rural areas. This bird is accustomed to living side by side with humans. Females breed in December-May and January-August for 2 to 3 pale green blue eg...

Gadis perindu ( Sphagneticola calendulacea ) is a species of flowering plants, spread using seeds, living near water in an open place, getting lots of sunlight, growing fast in the rainy season and strong in all weather conditions in tropical climates. S. calendulacea is commonly found wild in Indonesia, especially in habitats around irrigation channels and rice fields that live together with grass. Plants grow wild and quickly spread during the rainy season on agricultural lands and farmers consider them weeds. These wild grasses have fiber roots, green woody stems, grow to as high as 0.5 meters, green leaves and yellow flowers. The stem generally spreads sideways and grows on the ground, although some stalks go upwards. The leaves grow along the stalk, green, the upper surface has hair and have wavy contours following the arterial lines. The tip of the leaf is pointed, the sides are jagged and has two wings on the left and right. The bottom surface is light green. Flowers c...