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Greater galangal ( Alpinia galanga ) is a plant species in the Zingiberaceae, growing to a height of 3 meters or more, underground rhizomes and small adventitious roots, young stems emerge as shoots from the base of old stems, the entire stem is covered with leaf sheaths or stems pseudo. A. galanga has leaves with short stalks, elongated lanceolate in shape, pointed tip, blunt base, flat edge, 25-50 cm long, 7-15 cm wide, 15-30 cm leaf midrib, grooved and green in color. Compound inflorescence in bunches, long stalks, erect and gathered at the end of the stalk. There are more flowers at the bottom than at the top of the stalk so that they are in the shape of an elongated pyramid. Petals are bell-shaped and greenish-white. The crown that is still a bud at the tip is white and the bottom is green. Flower lip has a length of 2.5 cm, white with a bright red oblique line on each side. The crown that is still in bud has a white color, while the base is green. Buni fruit, round, hard, gre...

Girang or bandicoot berry ( Leea indica ) is a plant species in Vitaceae, an upright shrub to a small tree, often with several trunks, growing 2-10 meters and sometimes up to 16 meters with a trunk diameter of about 19 cm, single root light brown and rigid. L. indica has woody stems, branched, cylindrical in shape, vines and green when young. Compound leaves, minor lanceolate leaves, short stalks, serrated edges, pointed tip, rounded base, 6-25 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, pinnate veins, hairy and green. Leaf marks are clearly visible. Compound flowers, forming panicles and umbrella-shaped in the leaf axils. Star-shaped petals, 2-5 cm long and whitish yellow. Torn-shaped crown. The anthers are white. The fruit is round, 12 mm in diameter, when young it is green and when it is old it is purple-black. The seeds are small, triangular in shape and yellowish white in color. It grows in primary rainforest, mountain, secondary rainforest, monsoon forest, coastal forest, mixed forest, teak fore...

Palem jari or broadleaf lady palm or little lady palm (Rhapis excelsa) is a species of plant in the Arecaceae, forming dense clumps with broad, fan-shaped, dark green leaves, growing up to 4 meters and a stem diameter of 30 mm. R. excelsa is a multi-stemmed clump with glossy leaves divided into broad, ribbed segments. Leaf segments are single or few in young plants and increase to a dozen or more in mature plants. Segments are divided on the petiole. Slender petioles with a length of 20-60 cm. New leaves emerge from the fibrous sheaths that remain attached to the base. As the plant ages, the petals fall off to reveal a bamboo-like stem. Small inflorescence at the top of the plant with fleshy flowers which are arranged spirally and contain three petals fused at the base. Ripe fruit is fleshy and white. This species prefers to propagate via underground rhizome branches. The stem height reaches 2.5 m with a frond diameter of 15-21 mm and 8-12 mm without fronds. The leaf sheaths loosely ...

Serut pagar or hokiantie or Philippine tea tree or Fukien tea tree ( Ehretia microphylla ) is a plant species in the Boraginaceae, a shrub that grows up to 4 meters high, woody stems with long, drooping and slender branches. E. microphylla usually has leaves 10-50 mm long, 5-30 mm wide and can vary in size, texture, color and margins. The small flowers are white, 8-10 mm in diameter and the corolla has 4-5 lobes. The fruit contains seeds, 4-6 mm in diameter and ripens orange-brown. Seeds are dispersed by fruit-eating birds. It grows in clumps and semi-evergreen vines, prefers dry sites and occasionally occurs in rainforests. The leaves are used to treat coughs, colic, diarrhea and dysentery. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Boraginales Family: Boraginaceae Subfamily: Ehretioideae Genus: Ehretia P.Browne in Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 168 (1756) Species: Ehretia microphylla Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 425 (1792) HOMOTYPIC SYNO...

Pinang unipa or unipa palm ( Areca unipa ) is a plant species in Arecaceae, palm slender and solitary, up to 12 meters high, stem diameter up to 7.5 cm, internodes 3-16 cm long, leaf scars 1-1.5 cm wide, green on the near the crown and dark gray to brownish near the base. A. unipa has about 7 leaves on the crown, pinnate, 119 cm long (including petiole). The casing tube is 54 cm long, 7 cm wide, smooth, non-fibrous, shiny cream to bright green and dull green in color. The crownshaft is well defined, up to 75 cm long and up to 7 cm in diameter. The petiole is 16.5 cm long, slightly tuberous adaxially and abaxially rounded. Rachis slender, ascending but not arched, dorsally elongated abaxially and rounded abaxially. Leaflets 9-10 on each side, 9-15 cm apart, basal leaflets approx. 42 x 1-4 cm,3 folds, sigmoid, middle leaf 41-44 cm long, broad at base 1.5-2.5 cm and 7.5-11 cm broad at tip, 5 folds, sigmoid, terminal leaf pairs 14 cm long, 2-4 cm broad at base and 4-7 cm broad at tip, 3...

Dear dewflower ( Murdannia japonica ) is a plant species in the Commelinaceae, perennial herb, fibrous roots, short main stem, fertile stem emerges from the base of the main stem, erect, hairy, up to 80 cm tall, grows in damp forests, forest borders, shrubs, edges road with an elevation of 200-2000 meters. M. japonica has several leaves growing on the main, basal and rosulate stems. The leaves are narrow oval in shape, 8-20 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, with pointed tips and green color. Inflorescences in terminal panicles with stalks up to 20 cm long, straight, branched, green and dark red. The elliptical sepals are narrow and 0.5-6 mm long. Flowers are purple or blue or white and ovate. Capsule ellipsoid, trigonous, 5x4 mm, obtuse at both ends. Seeds with 2-4 per valve, uniseriate, brown-gray and tetragonal. Flowers bloom in May-July or August-September. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Commelinales Family: Commelinaceae Sub...

Yellow watercrown grass ( Setaria flavida ) is a plant species in the Poaceae, a perennial grass, ribbon-shaped leaves, rough with linear folds, green in color, white hair and grows in slightly shady places. S. flavida has a stem that grows from an intricate, hairy rhizome. Leaves sparse to completely hairy, blades linear, oval or lance-shaped. Pointed tip, a vein in the middle, pleated texture and coarse or hairless. The grains are in panicles, yellowish-green in color, open and spreading. Spikelets are several millimeters long and are often accompanied by hairs. The grass is vigorous and spreads by rhizomes and seeds, forming monotypic stands in shaded areas, primary forest, agricultural fields, roadsides and wastelands. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Panicoideae Tribe: Paniceae Subtribe: Cenchrinae Genus: Setaria Species: Setaria flavida

Rumput knob or false ironwort or knobweed ( Hyptis capitata ) is a plant species in Lamiaceae, a shrub that lives annually, grows upright, up to 1 meter high, stems have four corners, rough, green and white hair, fibrous roots and brownish yellow. H. capitata has leaves that sit opposite each other, hairy stalks and 2-5 cm long. Leaf blade elongated oval, pointed tip, blunt base, serrated edge, a main vein in the middle with pinnate small veins, green surface and fine hairs. Compound inflorescence, terminal in the leaf axils and in the form of bunches. Perfect flower, petals attached and forming a tube. Single fruit, hard, capsule-shaped and hairy surface. Knobweed grows in gardens or among shrubs. This species is able to grow in the lowlands to an elevation of 1000 meters. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Subfamily: Nepetoideae Tribe: Ocimeae Subtribe: Hyptidinae Genus: Hyptis Species: Hyptis capi...

Tapak paru or lung plant ( Rhaphidophora korthalsii ) is a plant species in Araceae, climbing, strong up to 20 meters in the nursery stage as young shoots with reference to the orientation of the leaves to match the contours of the substrate. Mature shoots consist of elongated, attached and densely leafy stems. R. korthalsii grows solitary or several together, the first inflorescence being replaced by a bract and one or more cataphylls, which degrade into netted fibers after emergence of the inflorescence which are substituted by one or more cataphylls. Infructescences are 14-27 cm long and 3-3.5 cm wide. When unripe it is dark green and ripens to a dull orange. This species grows in moist areas or under shade in primary forest, secondary forest and plantations. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Alismatales Family: Araceae Subfamily: Monsteroideae Tribe: Monstereae Genus: Rhaphidophora Species: Rhaphidophora korthalsii