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Scarlet sage ( Salvia coccinea ) is a plant species in Lamiaceae, a perennial shrub, upright, up to 122 cm tall, angular, multi-branched, green or blackish green in color, hairy and flowers at the end of the stem in successive bunches. S. coccinea has leaves in the shape of a heart or arrowhead, up to 7.6 cm long, 5.1 cm wide, blunt base, sharp tip, jagged border, has a bone in the middle with many branching veins, green upper side , the underside is lighter green and has thick hair. The flowers have a variety of colors, usually bright red or white, vary in size and have a stalk. Some varieties have a tube shape with a whitish red tongue, 3.2 cm long and a fin on the underside. Flowers are pollinated by birds and butterflies. This species grows wild in forests, agricultural areas, edge of waterways, edge of roads and neglected areas. Often cultivated in urban green areas and private gardens. Cultivated varieties include orange-red, pink, salmon, red, white, and dark red, as well ...

Common grass yellow ( Eurema hecabe ) is a species of animal in Pieridae, small butterflies fly close to the ground and open grass with scrub habitats, yellow and some black spots, usually show seasonal polyphenism and live in a colony. E. hecabe with lepidopteran has a darker summer morph, triggered by long days of more than 13 hours duration, whereas diurnal periods shorter than 12 hours or less induce brighter morphs in the post monsoon period. The upper wing on the front has two black stripes and a larger rectangular mark. Males and females have a sulfur yellow to lemon yellow wing surface depending on the season and location. Eggs were laid in Abrus precatorius, Falcataria moluccana, Acacia, Aeschynomene, Euphorbiaceae and Cucurbitaceae etc. Females can distinguish colors when selecting host plants for oviposition. Larvae are long, green, leathery, cylindrical with large heads. The pupa has long ribbons, rounded abdominal segments and wing flaps fused to form a deep sharp keel....

Genduru ( Caryota mitis ) is a plant species in Arecaceae, a tree-shaped palm, often living in clumps, trunk up to 15 meters high, up to 15 cm in diameter, hard bark, black and strong, when young it has ring-shaped fibers. C. mitis has pinnate, double leaves and fin-shaped minor leaves. The leaves are up to 3 meters long, grow spreading and extending upwards and are shiny green. Minor leaves have a size of 7-20 cm, oblique, slightly tapered and serrated. Inflorescences in panicles, branching and hanging. The bunches appear from beneath the leaves or out from the middle of the stem. The first inflorescence grows near the end of the stem and the other younger inflorescences grow under the stem regularly and successively. Male flowers have a large number, 1 cm long, red with red dots. Sepals are wide, 8 petals and cup-shaped, many stamens with clumped stalks at the base of the flower. The female flowers bloom almost simultaneously and are purple to red-brown in color. The fruit ...

Sereng ( Impatiens platypetala ) is a plant species in Balsaminaceae, a perennial shrub, grows with erect stems up to 1 meter in height, brightly colored flowers and leaf shape depending on the subspecies, lives in damp or shady places in forests, waterways, roadsides and abandoned lands. I. platypetala has a tubular stem, reddish green or brownish green or whitish green depending on the subspecies and has clear boundaries like the segments where the petiole grows. Leaves have long and large stalks. Single leaf oval to lanceolate-ovate, 5-12 cm long, dark green, blunt base, pointed tip, serrated edge, a large bone and white in the center with several lateral veins. Flowers grow in the axillary of the leaves on the upper stem, have long stalks and stand. The crown is bright red or whitish red or bright orange with a dark color in the center. An eye grows in the middle with a white and green base. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsid...

Cekakak Jawa or Javan kingfisher ( Halcyon cyanoventris ) is an animal species in Alcedinidae, birds that prey on insects, fish, shrimp and frogs that have habitats in open land in forests and agricultural land, especially near clean water and spread over an altitude of 1,000 meters. H. cyanoventris has a medium size to 25-30 cm and a dark color. Adult birds have dark brown heads. Brown throat and collar. Purplish blue stomach and back. Black wing covers and bright blue flying feathers. Iris is dark brown to black with a white circle border, large and wide beak that is red. Red legs. Large white patches on the wings are visible while flying. Juvenile bird with whitish throat. Cekakak Jawa is often found in open land and near sources of clean water, often visiting rice fields, fish ponds, drying brackish, pasture, bush and others. Hunting in open grass and rarely over water. The prey is insects and small animals, including water beetle larvae, fish, shrimp and frogs. Often seen perch...

Damar or amboyna pine or Agathis alba ( Agathis dammara ) is a plant species in the Araucariaceae, a large tree with a height of up to 65 meters, a long, round cylindrical trunk with a diameter of more than 2 meters, cultivated as an industrial forest in tropical mountains for sap that is processed into copal. A. dammara has a grayish or light brown or black bark with slightly reddish, finely dimpled to silvery and thin scales or with lots of resin or coarse blisters, peeling off in small pieces so as to be slightly epiphytic. Opposite leaves, oval-shaped, very variable even on a single tree, tapering towards a rounded tip, thick fleshy and light to dark green in color. Young trees are lanceolate and sharp. Old tree is long oblong with rounded top, 15 cm long, 4 cm wide with 1-8 mm stalk. Ripe seed cones are ovoid, 10.5x9.5 cm, cylindrical with loose surfaces, basal bracts form loose cupules and are often square, conical scales are almost triangular in shape, upper corners of s...

Jobang ( Acmella ciliata ) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, perennial herb, up to 50 cm tall, stems growing lying down or towering, dark red or green or purple in color, generally found wild in wet places, in the middle of rice fields and river banks with lots of sun. A. ciliata has leaves ovate to broad, up to 8 cm long, up to 6 cm wide, has no hair or hair on both surfaces, flat or heart-shaped base, serrated edges, pointed tips and green. Flowers are compound in a blunt conical head, grow at the terminal or in the axillary stem, solitary or 2-3 buds and are yellow in color. The flower has a stalk up to 16 cm long, 9-12 bandage leaves in 2 circles for a height of about 6 mm. Jobang scatter their seeds or fruit with wind and animals, usually growing in open places close to water, pasture, land, roadsides and rocky soil. Also in rice fields in the highlands up to an altitude of 2200 m. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida O...

Klinjer ( Loxoneura decora ) is an animal species in Platystomatidae, winged insects, has three body segments, black predominance, dark yellow head dominated by a pair of large, oval-shaped, dark red or brown eyes and very short antennae. L. decora has an opaque black, tubular dorsal with a shallow depression and an angle on the left and right for a pair of wings. A narrow segment at the back separated by a horizontal crease to connect with the abdomen. The belly is round, inclines vertically, has the largest size of all the rest of the body, is bluish black and shiny, a line of vertical angles in the middle and several horizontal creases or folds. A pair of forelegs has four segments, is straight or curved and is black. A pair of middle legs under the wings and a pair of black hind legs. The legs are almost the same size and symmetrical. A pair of wings grows from the left and right sides of the back, long, transparent, with several veins, a narrow base and a slightly sharp tip. Th...

Maryuna or little ironweed ( Cyanthillium cinereum ) is a plant species in the Asteraceae, herbaceous perennial rarely branched, stems upright, up to 30 cm tall, slender, ribbed linear, smooth and glandular pilose, dark green and white speckled. C. cinereum has leaves arranged alternately, the leaves on the lower stem are more periole, while those on the upper stem are smaller and sessile, oval or widest around or above the middle and tapering to each end, finely serrated, dense or less hairy. Flowers far outnumber involucres, growing in panicles around a long, branching stalk and each branch having a flower at the end. The flowers are bright purple or pink or white, more than 25 flowers per plant, 6-7 mm long, 2.5 mm in diameter, open and loose corymbs. The pappus has temporary hair, dentate, 3-5 mm long. Phyllaries are very sharp. Involucre 4-seriate, 4-5 mm long, pubescent bract, often purple, narrow pellucid rim and lanceolate. The fruits are slightly oblong with 4-5 ribs, but ...

Kapulaga or Javan cardamom ( Amomum compactum ) is a plant species in the Zingiberaceae, a strong, chronic herb, aromatic in various parts, a rhizome that grows underground, slightly rounded, yellowish-white, often used as a spice for certain dishes and a mixture of herbs. A. compactum has pseudo-stems that appear somewhat scattered in a colony, growing upright to 2 m high, rounded, up to 2.5 cm in diameter and dark green. Roots 1-2 cm, yellowish white and covered with scales. The leaves are arranged alternately, have no stalk, lanceolate shape, 7.5-50 cm long, 3-10 cm wide, slowly narrows at the base, pointed tip with 3 cm long apex, dark green and shiny with many spots initially white but ultimately red. Inflorescences arise directly from the rhizome, separate from the artificial stem and sometimes partially submerge in the soil. The bunches have stalks up to 10 cm long and covered with dense scales. The petals are tubular, 1.3 cm long and have hair. The crown is in the form of a ...

Lollipop merah or Cardinal's guard ( Pachystachys coccinea ) is a species of plant in Acanthaceae, a perennial shrub, up to 2 meters tall, dark green leaves ovate to elliptical and red flowers on terminal spikes, growing wild under the shady canopy of primary and secondary forests. P. coccinea has stems upright, straight, branching symmetrically and dark green. The leaves have a dark green stalk and appear in pairs at a point of the stem and arranged against each other. Single leaf oval, wavy surface, rounded base, pointed or rounded tip and crisp like paper. A large, bright green bone in the center with several pinnate veins and a shiny surface. Each stem has a flower and appears in large dark green terminal clusters with long dark green stalks. Bright red flowers that form circular tendrils with thick yellow threads and do not fall off easily. Cardinal's guard grows in colonies in the shade under the canopy of primary and secondary forest, plantation lands and abandoned...

Swamp fern ( Cyclosorus interruptus ) is a species of plant in the Thelypteridaceae, a terrestrial fern with rhizome roots, erect stems and black or green color with a rough surface, creeping up on the ground in open or slightly shaded areas, generally on roadsides, former plantations and forests. C. interruptus has compound leaves with finger shapes, minor leaves arranged alternately for 2-6 cm long and 0.5-1 cm wide, jagged and rough edges, sharp tips, green color with minor leaf arrangement getting smaller and smaller or conical or ending in a strand. Sorus is produced by slimmer leaves and black stems, appearing on the underside of the leaves forming a line along a serrated outer edge, silver or blackish brown in color, round or striped. The swamp fern grows at a humidity of around 75% on forest floors and untreated lands, covers surfaces in large or solitary communities and is mixed with other species, often being mediated by climbing plants. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheo...

Ranela or Asian spikemoss ( Selaginella plana ) is a species of plant in Selaginellaceae, fibrous roots, creeping in the forest, stems 0.5-1 cm in diameter, yellowish brown and slightly grooved, used by local residents as an antidote to demons and treat poisonous snake bites. S. plana has green leaves with small and simple sizes that resemble flat scales, smooth surface, encircling the trunk and on the side branches arranged in four rows where the two side leaves consist of large leaves that fall off easily and two front rows of small, attached leaves. Leaves are not stemmed, appear crossed, smooth surface. Ranela produces two types of spores that are not the same size. Sorus grows at the tip of the terminalia. Sporangia in fertile axillary leaves. The sporophyll is larger than the sporangia, collected into rectangular and sometimes slightly flattened terminal grains. Shaded terrestrial at an altitude of more than 200 m in the tropics. Often used as an ornamental plant. In some area...