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Joyo gading (Orthomorpha coarctata)

Joyo gading ( Orthomorpha coarctata ) is a species of animal in the Paradoxosomatidae, spiny millipedes, males are 14.5-20.5 mm long and 1.5-2.7 mm wide, females are slightly larger with a length of 16.5-27.5 mm and a width of 1.6-3.2 mm. O. beaumontii has a black color, very prominent internodes, black legs, black side wings ending at the tips of yellow or gold or copper spines and lives in forest bushes, agricultural land and disturbed areas. Normal head, smooth vertex surface and turns when walking. The antennae are black, long, segmented and actively move when walking. Legs long, slender, has several segments, pointed toe, no shoes, slightly swollen in the middle. The sections have very clear boundaries. Each segment has three sections with a larger tube diameter and a transverse line with a pair of wings growing on the sides. The wings are spine-shaped with a thickened outer border, copper color and a pointed tip. The planes between the segment joints have smaller tube diameter...

Golden shower tree (Cassia fistula)

Golden shower tree ( Cassia fistula ) is a species of plant in the Fabaceae, bright yellow flowers, dropping leaves, up to 20 meters high, branch-free stems about 5 meters, crown wide and spreading, bark pale gray and smooth when young, dark brown and rough when aged. C. fistula has leaves arranged alternately, compound, even pinnate and 30-40 cm long. Leaf units have 3-8 pairs, 6-20 cm long, 3.5-9 cm wide, elongated ovate and short hairs. The inflorescences are terminal bunches that hang and are 15-40 cm long. Fragrant flowers and 5 units of petals. The crown is 2-3.5 cm long and is bright yellow in color. The bottom three stamens are S-shaped and longer than the others. The pods are cylindrical, 20-45 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, hanging, young dark green, dark black and cracked. The inside is divided by partitions into chambers containing 1 seed and each pod contains 25-100 seeds. The seeds are flat and brown in color, transverse in space, separated by a bulkhead and a kind of sticky...

Sacred golden bamboo (Schizostachyum gracile)

Sacred golden bamboo ( Schizostachyum gracile ) is a species of plant in the Poaceae, growing upright, clumped tightly in small colonies, yellow reeds, brown shoots covered with brown miang hairs. S. gracile has straight reeds, up to 3 meters high with curved ends, the segments begin to branch at 1 meter above the ground. The internodes have multiple branches of up to 25-30 items that are green, slender and approximately the same size. The outer surface is yellow with green linear stripes, usually covered by whitish hairs that fall off when old. The midrib of the reed is stiff and does not fall off quickly, the outer side is covered by brown miang. The leaves of the reed midrib are triangular with a pointed tip, stiff and erect. Leaves on twigs lanceolate, hairy on the underside, bare on the top. Inflorescences in panicles with long stalks for hanging or climbing. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamil...

Renjeng (Merremia gemella)

Renjeng ( Merremia gemella ) is a species of plant in Convolvulaceae, shrubs that grow to crawl or climb by coiling on a support, cylindrical, green and white hair. Leaves heart-shaped, width up to 6 cm, flat margins, dark green, a vein in the middle and many lateral veins. M. gemella has disc-shaped flowers, diameter up to 2.5 cm, yellow with white aisles and 6 pistils and white. Fruit round, diameter up to 5 mm. Grow in forests, agricultural land, waterways and roadsides. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Solanales Family: Convolvulaceae Subfamily: Convolvuloideae Tribe: Merremieae Genus: Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. in Gen. Pl. Secund. Ord. Nat., Suppl. 1: 1403 (1841) Species: Merremia gemella (Burm.f.) Hallier f. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 (1893) Variety: Merremia gemella var. Gemella, Merremia gemella var. splendens Ooststr. HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS Convolvulus gemellus Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 46 (1768) Ipomoea gemella ...

Jejer (Cenchrus setosus)

Jejer ( Cenchrus setosus ) is a species of plant in the Poaceae, erect, slender, up to 1 meter high, branched and easy to breed. Cylindrical stem, segmented to grow new shoots that will become new stems, the upper stem is green, the lower stem and segments are reddish green. The leaves are ribbon-shaped, slender and thin like paper. The upper surface is green, the lower surface is pale green, both surfaces and margins are rough with hairs. A vein in the middle. Flowers grow in long and erect bunches with a golden or reddish color, grow at the tip of the top stem and have long stalks. This plant has a very strong adaptability and productivity remains high on a variety of soil textures in forests and marginal lands, agricultural land, roadsides with lots of sunlight, TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Panicoideae Tribe: Paniceae Subtribe: Cenchrinae Genus: Cenchrus L. in Sp. Pl.: 1049 (1753) ...

Sanguinaria (Alternanthera ficoidea)

Sanguinaria ( Alternanthera ficoidea ) is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae, a flowering shrub, growing vertically and horizontally, with branches and forming dense tufts, cylindrical stems and white hairs, green or red in color, single root at the bottom. A. ficoidea has oval or oval-round or narrow leaves, 1-6 cm long, 0.5-3 cm wide, fine-haired when young but later smooth, often variegated with bright red or brownish red or yellow or green or white and petiole 1-4 mm. Sessile flowers, 3 outer and veined tepals, glossy white or yellowish, filaments united at the base into a very short cup. The fruit is very similar to the inflorescence consisting of dense bracts interspersed with pale hairs. Fruit 1 mm, enclosed in perianth segments and persistent bracts. The seeds are disc-shaped, 1 mm in diameter and brown in color. This species grows in full sun to partial shade, is flood resistant and drought tolerant. Prefers organic-rich, consistently moist and well-drained soil. ...

Finger grass (Chloris Barbata)

Finger grass ( Chloris barbata ) is a plant species in Poaceae, upright, up to 90 cm high, cylinder -shaped rods, green or yellow and spit out. C. Barbata has a ribbon -shaped leaf and green. Inflorescence in panicle at the upper end of the stem, branching on a shaft and reddish-colored. Finger grass grows to form a tight colony in the forest, agricultural land, riverbank, roadside, cliffs and places with a lot of sunlight. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Chloridoideae Tribe: Cynodonteae Subtribe: Eleusininae Genus: Chloris Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occid.: 25 (1788) Species: Chloris barbata Sw. in Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 200 (1797) HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS Andropogon barbatus L. in Mant. Pl. 2: 302 (1771) HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS Chloris barbata var. divaricata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 771 (1891) Chloris inflata Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 105 (1821) Chloris longifolia Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glu...

Hairy beggarticks (Bidens pilosa)

Ketul or hairy beggarticks ( Bidens pilosa ) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, herbaceous erect, branched, up to 1 meter high, stems rectangular, glabrous or hairy, often reddish in color, growing in forests, agricultural land and roadsides. B. pilosa has leaves sitting opposite, whole or pinnately sharing in 2-3 items and stalks up to 6.5 cm long. The leaves are oval, elongated, pointed tip, 1-12 cm long, 0.5-5.5 cm wide, serrated edges, glabrous or slightly hairy. The inflorescences are in lobes that gather at the terminal or in the leaf axils. The hump is 5-7 mm long, 7-8 mm in diameter, contains 20-40 clustered flowers and stalks up to 9 cm long. Peripheral flowers are 5-7 items, short tubed crown and broad oblong or elliptical tongue, 5-8 mm long and yellow or creamy white. The crown is a tubular disc, 5 pinnate and yellow in color. Fruit hard, slender elongated, 0.5-1.3 cm, dark brown when ripe with 2-3 needle-like hooks and prickly at the end. The fruit is attached to...

Chinese bur (Triumfetta rhomboidea)

Chinese bur ( Triumfetta rhomboidea ) is a species of plant in the Malvaceae, shrub, erect, up to 100 cm high, woody stem, cylindrical, green, white hairy, grows in colonies in forests, agricultural land, roadsides and abandoned lands. T. rhomboidea has leaves with long stalks. Strands are semicircular with three lobes, pointed tip, dark green, serrated margins, 3 main veins with many small pinnate veins. Disc-shaped flowers, yellow, transparent and 9 stamens. The fruit is round to slightly ovoid, about 6 mm in diameter with fine spines and about 2 mm long. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Subfamily: Grewioideae Genus: Triumfetta Species: Triumfetta rhomboidea Variety: Triumfetta rhomboidea var. rhomboidea

Trailing daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata)

Trailing daisy ( Sphagneticola trilobata ) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, a perennial herb that spreads and forms mats up to 30 cm high, cylindrical stems, up to 40 cm long, green or red and the segments produce roots. S. trilobata has thick leaves, dark green or light green, 4-9 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, hairy, serrated or irregularly toothed, usually with a pair of lateral lobes. Flowers have stalks 3-10 cm long. Flowers are disk-shaped, bright yellow. Seeds are tuberculate achenes, 4-5 mm long. Propagation is mostly vegetative because the seeds are usually infertile. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Subfamily: Asteroideae Tribe: Heliantheae Subtribe: Ecliptinae Genus: Sphagneticola O.Hoffm. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 36 (1900) Species: Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 114 (1996) HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS Complaya trilobata (L.) Strother in...

Caesar weed (Urena lobata)

Pulutan or caesar weed ( Urena lobata ) is a species of plant in the Malvaceae, perennial shrub or subshrub, erect, rising, 2.5 meters high, stems cylindrical, strong and woody, branched, covered with small, star-like hairs and white in color. U. lobata grows as a single stalk producing dense branches. Young stems are green and old stems are dark red or brown. The leaves are oval with palmate lobes and each lobe has a linear main vein and many pinnate veins. The surface is dark green and rough with white fine hairs. The flowers are bell-shaped, purplish pink, about 1 cm wide and have a short stalk. The fruit is hairy and can stick to clothing or feathers. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Subfamily: Malvoideae Tribe: Hibisceae Genus: Urena Species: Urena lobata

Max chrysanthemum (Leucanthemum maximum)

Max chrysanthemum ( Leucanthemum maximum ) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, perennial herb, erect, growing rhizome up to 70 cm long with numerous leaves around the base of the stem on winged petioles, growing to form dense clumps. L. maximum has small, lance-shaped leaves arranged alternately along the stem, legs, dark green, serrated margins. Inflorescences are generally large, disc-shaped, solitary flower heads up to 8 cm in diameter. The center is bright yellow. The fringes have 20-30 units and are white in color. The fruit is an achene, small ribbed without pappus. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Subfamily: Asteroideae Tribe: Anthemideae Subtribe: Leucantheminae Genus: Leucanthemum Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [769] (1754) Species: Leucanthemum maximum (Ramond) DC. in Prodr. 6: 46 (1838) HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS Chrysanthemum heterophyllum subsp. maximum (Ramond) Soó in Acta Bot...