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Gal fimbry (Fimbristylis dura)

Gal fimbry ( Fimbristylis dura ) is a species of plant in Cyperaceae, herbaceous, erect, short rhizome, cylindrical stem, solitary or tufted, 45-75 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, dense, striated, segmented, green. and grows where there is plenty of sun in the forest. F. dura has ribbon-shaped leaves, green, hairy, shorter than or along the stem. Leaf blade linear, 3-8 mm wide, scaly apical edge and pointed tip. The top leaves are longer than the inflorescences. Inflorescence compound in panicles at the top end of the stem, erect, stalked and branched. Spikelet solitary, oval to ovoid with a pointed tip, 4-10 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide and brown. Gal fimbry grows alongside other shrubs in forests, plantations, savannas and deserts, riverbanks, damp places with shade to plenty of sun. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Cyperaceae Subfamily: Cyperoideae Tribe: Abildgaardieae Genus: Fimbristylis Species: Fimbristylis dura

Jene (Senna multijuga)

Jene ( Senna multijuga ) is a species of plant in the Fabaceae, tree up to 20 meters high, trunk straight and short, gemang rarely exceeds 50 cm, bark gray-brown, young stem whitish green, branching wide and forming a dense crown and rounded. S. multijuga has even pinnate leaves, 10-35 long and round or square stalks. Young leaves are bright green and old leaves are dark green. Strands have 15-22 pairs, slightly spiked, oblong to oblong-ovate, base and tip rounded or blunt. The inflorescence collect in panicles at the ends of the branches. The petals are oval in shape. The crown is bright yellow, 5 strands, round inverted egg, nails long. Fruit pods are flat with thickened edges, wide, rounded ends, have stalks, eventually break. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae Tribe: Cassieae Subtribe: Cassiinae Genus: Senna Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754) Speci...

Asthma plant (Euphorbia hirta)

Patikan kebo or asthma plant ( Euphorbia hirta ) is a species of plant in Euphorbiaceae, an annual herb, prostrate or erect, growing to 60 cm, stems cylindrical, reddish green, hairy and producing abundant white latex, white or brown taproot. E. hirta has leaves having short stalks, sitting in pairs and opposite on the stem. Strands are elliptical, margin serrated, up to 5 veins, hairy on both sides, completely green or have a dark red plot in the center. The flowers are unisexual, grow in the axils of the leaves at each leaf node, have no petals and are generally on the stalk. The fruit is a capsule with 3 valves and produces seeds that are red and oval in shape with 4 sides. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Subfamily: Euphorbioideae Tribe: Euphorbieae Subtribe: Euphorbiinae Genus: Euphorbia L. in Sp. Pl.: 450 (1753) Subgenus: Chamaesyce Section: Anisophyllum Species: Euphorbia ...

Jungak (Ophiorrhiza mungos)

Jungak ( Ophiorrhiza mungos ) is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae, herbaceous, erect, about 50 cm high, cylindrical stem, single or branched, green, hairy, fibrous roots, grows on the shady forest floor and usually forms colonies. O. mungos has oval or oblong or elongated leaves, flat margins, blunt or pointed tips, green, wavy surface, a major central vein and many pinnate minor veins. Leaves have stalks and sit opposite. The inflorescence is in a radial panicle at the upper end of the stem, stalked and branched, cylindrical, erect and green. The crown is trumpet-shaped and white. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Subfamily: Rubioideae Tribe: Ophiorrhizeae Genus: Ophiorrhiza Species: Ophiorrhiza mungos

Barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli)

Barnyardgrass ( Echinochloa crus-galli ) is a species of plant in the Poaceae, herbaceous, mostly erect stem, up to 1.5 m high, ribbon leaves often purplish at base. Most stems are erect but some will spread over the ground, producing up to 40,000 seeds per year. E. crus-galli has stems erect to stooped, tall, often thin and branched at the base. The leaves are ribbon-shaped, flat, glabrous, 30-50 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, scaly and slightly thickened at the edges. The sheath is smooth and often reddish. Panicle 8-30 cm long, green or purple, prominent, slightly nodding, tightly branched, 5 cm long and erect. The spines are 3-4 mm long, densely arranged on the branches, ovate, often long-stemmed, pale green to dull purple and short hairs along the veins. Racemes spreading, 10 cm long and sometimes branched. The glume and lower lemma are finely haired on the surface with stiffer hairs in the veins. The first glume is about two-fifths along the spikelet, deltoid, the second glume is alon...

Gomphrena weed (Gomphrena serrata)

Gomphrena weed ( Gomphrena serrata ) is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae, an annual or short-lived herb with a deep taproot, often matting in dense colonies and a cosmopolitan pioneer plant in disturbed areas. G. serrata has erect stems or fallen, cylindrical, green and white hair. The leaves are elliptical in shape, short hairy stalks, pubescent, 3-4 cm long, green, a main vein in the middle and several small pinnate veins. Flowers on terminal spikes, dense and growing in woolen containers. The perianth segments are thin, 4-6 mm long, shiny and whitish to pink in color. The flower has 2 stigmas and 5 stamens which are inserted opposite the sepals and join into a staminal tube with 5 teeth. Single seed fruit. Seeds are 1.5 mm long, brown and shiny. The plant is used in traditional medicine for its nutritional qualities and for the treatment of various disorders such as digestive and respiratory problems, skin infections, some infectious diseases, and as an abortion. TAXON Ki...

Glumo panic grass (Panicum caudiglume)

Glumo panic grass ( Panicum caudiglume ) is a species of plant in the Poaceae, herbaceous, erect, up to 100 cm tall, cylindrical stems, green or yellow or reddish in color, segmented, shrub forming in forests and agricultural lands with a lot of sunlight. P. caudiglume has ribbon-shaped leaves, long and slender, pointed tip, green, hairy, a bright line in the middle and flowing linearly, prominent spine. The seeds are in long panicles at the top end of the stem, green and branched. The seeds are ovoid elongated, pointed tip, green or yellow and have a stalk. Glumo panic grass tolerates a wide variety of soils but prefers wetter soils with high clay and sand content, is drought and flood resistant, grows evenly over grasslands rather than forming dominant stands or single shrubs. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Panicoideae Tribe: Paniceae Subtribe: Panicinae Genus: Panicum Species: Panicum caud...