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Hantu Air, Puaka Air or Mambang Air is the Malay translation for Spirit of the Water or Water Ghost, which according to animist traditions in Maritime Southeast Asia, is the unseen inhabitant of watery places such as rivers, lakes, seas, swamps and even ditches. [1] Communication between humans and Hantu Air occur in situations based on the ...
Angiopteris evecta is a self-supporting evergreen perennial fern with very large bipinnate fronds. The trunk-like rhizome is massive, measuring up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. The older portions of the rhizome lie on the ground while the newer growth may rise vertically up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) high. The arching, glossy green fronds, which ...
Dicranopteris linearis is a common species of fern known by many common names, including Old World forked fern, uluhe ( Hawaiian ), and dilim ( Filipino ). It is one of the most widely distributed ferns of the wet Old World tropics and adjacent regions, including Polynesia and the Pacific. [ 3] In parts of the New World tropics its niche is ...
A Defense Department contractor allegedly printed more than 150 pages of "top secret" government documents before attempting to leave the country for Mexico.
Syamsudin Noor Airport. / 3.44222°S 114.76250°E / -3.44222; 114.76250. Syamsudin Noor Airport ( Indonesian: Bandar Udara Syamsudin Noor) ( IATA: BDJ, ICAO: WAOO) is an airport serving Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. [ 5] It is located in the district of Landasan Ulin, 5 kilometres west of Banjarbaru, capital of South ...
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 ...
Binomial name. Sapindus rarak. Candolle. Sapindus rarak is a species of soapberry. It is a deciduous tree up to 42 metres (138 ft) tall native to south and east Asia (from India and Sri Lanka in the west to south China and Taiwan in the north and to Indonesia in the south). Its species name is derived from the Malaysian name rerak or rerek.
The tembusu is a large evergreen tree in the family Gentianaceae, native to Southeast Asia (from Indo-China to New Guinea ). It is the Malay name for Cyrtophyllum fragrans (synonym Fagraea fragrans ). [ 2] Its trunk is dark brown, with deeply fissured bark, looking somewhat like a bittergourd. The tree grows in an irregular shape from 10 to 25 ...