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Chinese osbeckia (Osbeckia chinensis)

Chinese osbeckia ( Osbeckia chinensis ) is a plant species in Melastomatoideae, herbaceous or shrub, erect, 20-100 cm high, erect, stems 4 angles, pressed strigose, green, white-haired, growing in meadows, open slopes, roads footpath and elevation up to 2800 meters. O. chinensis has leaves with very short stalks or up to 1 cm and strigose. Leaf blade linear, linear-lanceolate, oblong-ovate, elliptic-ovate and sometimes ovate-lanceolate. 2-5 cm long, 0.3-1 cm wide, stiff, both surfaces strigose, 3 secondary veins, tertiary veins inconspicuous, base blunt, subrounded, rounded, or subcordate, entire margin, apex acute. Terminal inflorescence, head-shaped, 2-8 items with 2-6 bracteal leaves at base. Bracts are sessile, ovate, pubescent or adaxially glabrous. Hypanthium usually bright red, 6-6.5 mm, glabrous or 1-5 tuberculate tubercles. Calyx lobes 4-5, triangular-lanceolate, margin ciliate, setose between lobes. Calyx 4-5, bright red to pale purple, ovoid, 1-1.5x1.3 cm, margin ciliated...

Fairy fern (Odontosoria chinensis)

Fairy fern ( Odontosoria chinensis ) is a plant species in the Lindsaeaceae, is a fern shrub, green in color and forming a large triangle with fan-shaped sections with many veins, alternate and sorus at the end. O. chinensis has a cylindrical stalk, erect, brownish green and glabrous. These plants form large colonies that are widely spaced. This species is usually found on open forest slopes, disturbed areas, landslides, along footpaths or roads, damp and shady places. This plant is used as a dye and knitting with the method of winding and buffering. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Polypodiopsida Subclass: Polypodiidae Order: Polypodiales Suborder: Lindsaeinae Family: Lindsaeaceae Genus: Odontosoria Species: Odontosoria chinensis Subspecies: Odontosoria chinensis ssp. chinensis, Odontosoria chinensis ssp. tenuifolia

Dwarf umbrella grass (Cyperus diffusus)

Dwarf umbrella grass ( Cyperus diffusus ) is a plant species in Cyperaceae, upright grass, umbrella-shaped canopy, grows to form a clump, has a height of up to 50 cm and the top is composed of protective leaves that shade the flower arrangements. C. alternifolius has a hollow stem without branching, long, triangular linear shape, dark green, hard and firm but elastic. The leaves are arranged radially and stacked. Ribbon-shaped leaves, green and pointed tip. Spikelet flowers, forming clusters, are greenish brown and emerge from the axil bractea or bractea side. The flowers have stalks and are branched. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant, potted plant, garden and pond plant. It is generally used as an ornamental water plant and is planted to beautify ponds or water garden landscapes. Leaves are also used as a filler in flower arrangements. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Cyperaceae Subfamily: C...

Rice flat-sedge (Cyperus iria)

Rumput alang-alang sawah or rice flat-sedge ( Cyperus iria ) is a plant species in Cyperaceae, an annual grass that grows in seasonally wet places, open or shady fields, swamps, ponds, paddy fields, roadsides, open forest, secondary forest and shrubs at altitudes up to 1800 meters. . C. iria has erect stems, triangular in shape, 10-50 cm high from very short rhizomes. Ribbon-shaped leaves and midrib, narrow and long, pointed tip, smooth, shiny, green, growing at the bottom and at the top of the stem. Terminal flowers appear at the end of the stem and are cylindrical spikelets. Each stem bears from two to seven flowers, each having a long stalk which grows terminally at the end of the stem together with the leaves and is green in color. This species grows solitary or in small groups that are widely spaced. Propagating using vegetative and generative methods using seeds. These grasses are often classified as common weeds in gardens but some are invasive. The plant is sometimes cultiva...

God's crown (Phaleria macrocarpa)

God's crown ( Phaleria macrocarpa ) is a plant species in Thymelaeaceae, a dense tree, taproot and yellow, cylindrical stem, rough, gummy surface, brown bark, many branches and sympodial, white wood. P. macrocarpa leaves sit opposite each other, oval in shape, pinnate veins, smooth surface, green in color, pointed tip, flat margin, 7-10 cm long and 3-5 cm wide. Compound flowers, long trumpet-shaped, green and white to maroon in color, grow spread out from the main stem to the branches. Round-shaped fruit, 6 cm long, green when unripe and red when ripe. Poisonous white round pit. Each fruit has 1-2 seeds, oval, brown and anatropic per fruit. Crown gods grow at an elevation of 10-1200 meters with a productive age of 10-20 years. This plant contains flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, phenolic hydroquinones, tannins, steroids, monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. Plants are used as a detoxifier to neutralize toxins in the body, a source of antibacterial and antiviral, boost the immun...

Elephant bell gourd (Trichosanthes tricuspidata)

Elephant bell gourd ( Trichosanthes tricuspidata ) is a plant species in the Cucurbitaceae, stems grow elongated to propagate or climb, many branches, cylindrical in shape and green in color. T. cochinchinensis has stem tips or branches that twist to attach themselves to a support or other plant. It grows to climb to cover a support, usually on another plant, up to several meters and creeps along the ground to reach another support. Arrow-shaped leaves, split base, sharp apex and two wings at an acute angle, have many veins ending at a sharp edge, green and have a long petiole. Single flower is white. The fruit is round to oval, ends with a tail, young green and turns red with maturity, thin skin, thick flesh and reddish yellow, has a short stalk and hangs. The seeds are in the middle of the fruit. Seeds are white, oval and flat. Black coated seeds. This plant grows wild in primary and secondary forests, agricultural land, roadsides, watersheds, especially on slopes, damp and dry, ...

Rock wax plant (Hoya diversifolia)

Rock wax plant ( Hoya diversifolia ) is a plant species in the Apocynaceae, epiphytic, gummy, cylindrical stems, elongated, growing coiled or hanging or attached to rocks or tree bark with roots that are short and have extraordinary adhesion. H. diversifolia has leaves that are oval or round in shape, pointed at base, pointed or rounded at tip, thick, green, shiny upper side, smooth surface, flat edge. Leaves contain sap or white liquid. Minimalist and unbranched roots, arising from the stem and not gathered at one point, small and short, brown and firmly attached to the support. Compound inflorescences are arranged in bunches. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae Tribe: Marsdenieae Genus: Hoya Species: Hoya diversifolia