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Korean mulberry (Morus indica)

Murbei or Korean mulberry ( Morus indica ) is a species of plant in Moraceae, shrub or small tree, up to 10 meters tall, slow growing, cylindrical stem, light brown with white nodules. M. indica has heart-shaped or oval-shaped leaves and sometimes three-lobed, 4-12.5 cm long, 2.5-7.5 cm wide, pointed tip, serrated margin, green and has a stalk. Monoecious inflorescences with male and female grow on the same tree, though often on different branches. Male flowers have a size of 9-11.5 mm and are covered with fine hairs. The female flowers are subglubose or only round in shape, measuring 6-9.5 mm. Stigma is 3.5 mm long with short, thick hair. The female flowers form compound fruit and are fleshy, green and white-haired to white, red and black when ripe. This species is used in regulating blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Tribe: Moreae Genus: Morus L. in Sp....

Pepper elder (Peperomia pellucida)

Pepper elder ( Peperomia pellucida ) is a species of plant in the Piperaceae, annual herb, shallow roots, succulent stems, cylindrical, bright green or reddish, glossy, up to 15-45 cm tall, grows in shady places on the forest floor and cliffs. P. pellucida has heart-shaped leaves, fleshy, flat margins, green and glossy upper side, pale underside and radial veins. Fruit in panicles with long spike-like stalks, erect. The fruit is round like a point, green and turns black. Flowering all year round, this plant is found in a variety of shady and humid habitats. The species grows in clumps in loose, moist soil and tropical to subtropical climates. Rainfall up to 3000 mm/year, elevation 50-1200 meters, andosol and latosol soil with organic matter content up to 5% and no shade. Plants contain calcium oxalate, essential oils, alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, phenols, saponins, steroids, terpenoids, tannins, patuloside A, dillapiole, inulin, terpenes, phytosterols. All parts are edible....

Lawn wolf spider (Hippasa holmerae)

Laba-laba embun or lawn wolf spider ( Hippasa holmerae ) is a species of animal in the Lycosidae, small, brown, white, cotton-like knitted nests that clump on the grass above the ground. H. holmerae has an oval head segment, brown or greenish in color with white striped margins and white hairs. The upper surface is flat, the front is blackish with white lines. The abdominal segment is oval in shape and is brown or blackish or greenish in color. The top surface is decorated with black and white stripes. The legs are brown, white and black which alternately form rings. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Infraorder: Entelegynae Superfamily: Lycosoidea Family: Lycosidae Subfamily: Hippasinae Genus: Hippasa Species: Hippasa holmerae Subspecies: Hippasa holmerae ssp. sundaica