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A. elasticus. Binomial name. Artocarpus elasticus. Reinw. ex Blume. Artocarpus elasticus of the Mulberry Family (Moraceae) and commonly called terap nasi or terap, [ 2] is a rainforest tree of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, growing up to 45 metres (150 ft) (occasionally as much as 214 feet (65 meters)) [ 3] in height with a diameter at ...
Salak ( Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It is cultivated in other regions of Indonesia as a food crop, and reportedly naturalized in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Maluku, and Sulawesi. [ 1][ 2] It is a very short-stemmed palm, with leaves up to 6 metres (20 ft) long; each leaf has a ...
Arthropods ( / ˈɑːrθrəpɒd / ARTH-rə-pod) [ 22 ] are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated ( metameric) segments, and paired jointed appendages. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting ...
M. malabathricum grows wild on a wide range of soils, from sea-level up to an altitude of 3000 meters. It is an erect, free-flowering shrub that grows to a height of about 3 meters. The plant is branched, and has reddish stems that are covered with bristly scales and minute hairs. Its leaves are simple, elliptic lanceolate with a rounded base ...
Pinus merkusii is a medium-sized to large tree, reaching 25–45 metres (82–148 feet) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). The bark is orange-red, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk, and thin and flaky in the upper crown. The leaves ('needles') are in pairs, very slender, 15–20 centimetres (6–8 inches ...
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species [ 3] of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. [ 4][ 5] The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpaceae occurs in Borneo. [ 6]
Cinnamomum burmanni is an evergreen tree growing up to 7 m in height with aromatic bark and smooth, angular branches. [ 3] The leaves are glossy green, oval, and about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) wide. [ 4] Small yellow flowers bloom in early summer, [ 5] and produce a dark drupe. [ 3]
Archidendron pauciflorum, commonly known as djenkol, jengkol or jering, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, where the seeds are also a popular dish. [ 2] They are mainly consumed in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, prepared by frying, boiling, or roasting, and eaten raw. [ 3]