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Sunda buttercup (Ranunculus sundaicus)

Sunda buttercup (Ranunculus sundaicus) is a species of plant in the Ranunculaceae, herbaceous, stoloniferous with a height of 50 cm, stems running upright or sideways, roots and new plants growing on internodes, stems and leaves downy, growing in shady places.

R. sundaicus has leaves at the end of the stalk with a length of 4-20 cm. The compound basal leaves are divided into three leaflets, 1.5-8 cm wide, shallow to deep lobes each with a short stalk. Leaves taller on smaller stems with narrow leaflets and lanceolate.

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Flowers are golden yellow, shiny, 2-3 cm in diameter and usually five petals. The shimmer is caused by the mirror-smooth upper surface of the petals. The fruit is a cluster of achenes 2.5-4 mm long.



Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
Tribe: Ranunculeae
Genus: Ranunculus
Species: Ranunculus sundaicus

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