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Stink bean or bitter bean or pete or petai ( Parkia speciosa ) is a tropical tree species in Fabaceae, 5-25 m high and branched, reddish brown bark, always green, compound and pinnate leaves, young seeds are harvested as fresh or boiled food. P. speciosa has a hump-shaped flower that hangs with a long stalk, usually appearing near the tips of the branches. Young flowers and not yet blooming are green, mature flowers have stamens and pistils, old flowers turn yellow and large in size. Dozens of long, flat pod-shaped fruits emerge from a flower hump. Each pod has up to 10-20 seeds, green when young and wrapped in a rather thick membrane of light brown. The fruit dries and becomes harder as it ripens and releases the seeds. This tree has at least two varieties. Petai Gajah has 15-18 seeds, while Petai Kacang has 10-12 seeds. Usually sold with pods included. Seeds have a distinctive and pungent odor, are consumed fresh or as a mixture of a number of dishes. Bean is eaten raw with s...

Perkutut or zebra dove ( Geopelia striata ) is a species of animal in the Columbidae, a monomorphic, grain-eating bird, although may also eat insects and small invertebrates, blue iris, black and white stripes are cut off by light brown on the thorax and abdomen. G. striata has a length of 21 cm, slender and a long tail. Gray head and neck, smooth striped sides and brown back with black edges. The tail is blackish with a white tip. Bluish gray iris and beak, dark legs. Zebra doves live in pairs or small groups. Prefers open fields for eating at ground level in forests, gardens, parks, farmlands, pastures, yards and sometimes gather to drink at water sources. The nests are flat and thin, built using branches in the canopy of large trees and sometimes not far from settlements, although they will quickly fly away if humans arrive. Eggs are white, 2 items and breed in January-September. Perkutut are unique in their beautiful songs and have been the favorite birds of kings in Java since ...

Sweet inga ( Pithecellobium dulce ) is species of flowering plants in Fabaceae, many branches, irregular canopy, green, 10-15 m, thorny stems, drought and dry soil resistant at altitude up to 1,500 m. P. dulce has compound leaves, 4-10 cm panicle stems, 7.5 mm leaf stalks, asymmetrical ovate leaves with pointed to round edges, double pinnate bones, shiny dark green on top and light green on bottom surface and 1.5-3.5x1-2 cm. Greenish-white flowers in panicles containing 1520 items, fragrant and 12 cm long, smooth hair and 1-2 cm long stems. The petals are tubular and 1.5 mm long, the crown is tubular and 3.5 mm long. White flower stalks. Flowers produce green pods that turn pink and black when ripe and open to release pink or white aryl, sweet and edible. The pods are flat, curled and 1 cm wide. Aryl contains asymmetrical flat seeds, shiny black, 9x7x2 mm. The tree growing from seeds takes 5-8 years to produce fruit. Seeds need 2 weeks to germinate. Flowering in April-June and po...

Sentanu sayap unggu or purple-winged mantid or purple-winged mantis ( Tenodera australasiae ) is a species of praying mantis, purple-winged, male and female capable of flying, up to 8 cm, slender legs classified as small compared to other species, cannibalistic, eating a variety of insects, frogs, lizards and others. Adult T. australasiae has stripes along the body and purple patches. Females are generally green with white lines along the top of the abdomen and chest, while males are light brown or brownish white. Green eyes, long thorax and prickly forelegs like other species. Purple-winged mantis live in vegetation, including forests, rice fields, parks, settlements and along the roadside that have bushes, grass and large trees. Most active during March-May and young mantis has grown big in September. They make camouflage well to avoid predators and ambush prey. Often hunt among bushes or tall grass by hanging a pair of back legs and pouncing on a passing prey with thorny for...

Jackfruit ( Artocarpus heterophyllus ) is plant species in Moraceae, monoecious, 10-30 m tall, 1 m diamater, cylindrical stems, all parts emit white sap and can interbreed with cempedak ( A. integer ) in the wild. A. heterophyllus has a single leaf, scattered, stalk 1-4 cm, thick, stiff, flat edges, ovoid and elongated, 3.5-12x5-25 cm with a narrow base and short pointed tip. Leaves are ovate, sharp, 8 cm long, fall off easily and leave ring marks. Flowers grow on the armpits of leaves on old stems or branches. The male flowers in the hump are spindle-shaped, 1-3x3-8 cm, deep green, yellow and fragrant pollen. Female flowers in single or paired heads, cylindrical or oval and dark green. The fruit is in a spindle shape, uneven, 100 cm long, short and soft spines. The inside is yellow when ripe, fragrant and sweet. The seeds are oval, 2-4 cm long, covered by thin brown skin, hard whitish endocarp and soft exocarp. Jackfruit will bear fruit throughout the year if it grows well in a ...

Krangkungan or kangkung pagar or bush morning glory ( Ipomoea carnea ) is a plant species in Convolvulaceae, growing along waterways, inundated areas and empty fields. Flower shaped trumpet, purple-white or red-white. Green and heart-shaped leaves. I. carnea is a bush, can withstand drought for up to 6 months, grows sideways but sometimes stands up to 1-2 m tall and likes lots of sun. The stem is hollow, soft and not woody, gummy, many segments, branched and green-brown color. Fast growing plants where shoots emerge from seeds and stems. The petiole has a length of 1.5-2.5 cm, the leaf is angled and elongated with a heart-shaped base and a tapered tip, 6-25x4-17 cm, young leaves have fine hair. Flowers have a rounded base, fall, rounded petals and 5-6 mm long and honey glands are located in the hallway. Stamen embedded in the tube, two stems are longer than the other. The anthers are white and have two balls. Egg-shaped fruit, 1.5-2 cm long, has 2-4 spaces with 4 black seeds. ...

Klarap or cleret gombel or cekibar or flying lizard or flying dragon or common flying dragon ( Draco volans ) is a lizard species in Agamidae, 22 cm long, rough skin, arborial and has a yellowish-brown or light brown screen with gray patches stretched like wings to glide through the air. D. volans has a yellowish-green head with dull pale patches, upper body brown wood with gray patches. and the inner body is brown. Males have bright yellow triangular screens on their chins to lure females during the breeding season. The wing-shaped sails on both sides of the body are thin skin supported by six ribs which can be stretched or folded. This screen serves to keep it from going down too fast when it is sliding from tree to tree. Flying dragons look for open branches to prepare to glide. Then push the body forward, release the grip on the twig and stretch the screen. These lizards glide from tree to tree through the air to a distance of 60 meters. These wings are only used if they ...

Trembesi or Ki Hujan or monkey pod tree or rain tree or Samanea saman ( Albizia saman ) are species in Fabaceae, grow as large trees, tall, umbrella canopies and are very wide, flowering and bearing fruit, roots absorb a lot of water, popular as a shade and scattered throughout the tropics. A. saman grows 30-40 m, stem diameter is 4.5 m and tree crowns can be 40-60 m wide. Tree trunks are sometimes bent, narrowed or bulging. The bark is grayish brown and smooth when young, but tanned, very rough and peeling when old. The leaves are compound, pinnate bones, flat edges, elongated round shape, 2-6 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, dark green, slippery surface, the bottom has velvety, soft and 7-15 cm long stems. Light sensitive leaves that will close when it rains and at night where the tree is also called the "Tree at 5 pm". White flowers and pink patches on the upper hair, up to 10 cm long from the base to the ends of the hair. Crown tube measuring 3.7 cm and 20-30 stamens which h...

Rangrang or Asian weaver ant or green weaver ant ( Oecophylla smaragdina ) is a species of insects in Formicidae, arboreal, rather large ants that are known to have high ability in forming webbing for nests, brown-red-green, social insects and forming colonies in very high populations. O. smaragdina creates territorial, fierce temperament and attacks anything that approaches the area. Many tree owners in Southeast Asia use them to preserve fruit. The larvae are known as Kroto which are favored by birds being a secondary trading commodity for additional income by farmers. Ant Weaver has two species that are still alive is the Asian weaver ant ( O. smaragdina ) which is widespread in tropical Asia and Australia, African weaver ant ( O. longinoda ) inhabits the tropics in Africa, while the other species in this genus are fossils. They are the dominant ants in the open forest and make leaf nests which are held together with larval silk. Ants have been important in research on the i...

Adas or fennel ( Foeniculum vulgare ) is a species of flowering plant in Apiaceae and has long been known as a seasoning, medicine and oil contained in seeds. This plant lives in the lowlands to an altitude of 1,800 meters above sea level. F. vulgare has a sweet smell, 2 m tall, standing tall and bright green. Ribbon-shaped leaves, grow to 40 cm long with the last segment in the form of hair to a width of 0.5 mm. Compound flower at the end of the stem, 5-15 cm in diameter and each panicle has 20-50 small yellow flowers on short pedicles. The fruit is a dry seed with a length of 4-9 mm and has a groove. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Ripe and dried fruit powder is distilled to produce fennel oil with a sweet and bitter taste. Both are used in the medicine, seasoning, corrigentia saporis and herb fragrances. A 100g of fennel fruits provides 1,440 kilojoules of energy and more than 19% of the DV protein, dietary fiber, B vitamins and several dietary minerals, especially ca...

Jenitri or Rudra's tear drops or rudraksha or Elaeocarpus sphaericus ( Elaeocarpus ganitrus ) is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae, large trees, purple fruit when ripe with large seeds and are commonly used as beads for jewelry and wood. E. ganitrus has a height of 20-30 meters, erect with sympodial branches and a rough surface. The stem is cylindrical, up to 150 cm in diameter. The leaves grow scattered on the stem, 8-20 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, oval in shape, pinnate veins and short stalks. The inflorescence is compound in the panicle, appearing as an axillary flos, consisting of a petal and a corolla. The petals are green, hairy and oval. The crown resembles a bell with yellow and scalloped strands. The fruit is round, green and blue when ripe. The seeds are round, dark brown, the surface is threaded and grooved like a carving, hard and lasts up to 8 generations. The number of mukhi varies between 1-11. Jenitri seeds have a high price which is determined by the motifs, si...