flora

Indonesian plant and vegetation

Adorn Your Garden with These Monkeys

Adorn Your Garden with These Monkeys

By: Brahmanto Anindito At first glance, what did you see in picture beside? Maybe a line of monkeys. But they are not real monkeys. These are sort of plants from Sumatra which has a body texture like monkey’s fur. That’s why we call it Monkey Fur (or Bulu Monyet in Indonesian). Actually, more like...

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Bratang Flora Park, Surabaya’s Pollution Shield

Bratang Flora Park, Surabaya’s Pollution Shield

By: Brahmanto Anindito When we walk along the side of this 2.5 hectares park, nothing is special. Thing eye-catch for me was only the tall trees view, such view that will connect us to something chilly and peace, even the park is in the middle of city’s traffic (and pollution!). The Flora Park is...

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Titan Arum and Rafflesia are Different

Titan Arum and Rafflesia are Different

The rafflesia flower was often confused by titan arum flower. Even few of media in Indonesia made the common mistake. Rafflesia and Titan arum both are giant flowers. They give off the rotten smell, like a cadaver, so both can be nicknamed as “corpse flower”. The odor’s function is for attracting beetles and flies...

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ITS Forest, the Paradise of Wild Birds (Still?)

ITS Forest, the Paradise of Wild Birds (Still?)

As a man who had ever been lectured in ITS (Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology), I admire the park conception of this state institution. ITS’s park is not crowded by low trees like any other parks, but the tall trees. It’s a mini forest in campus. We had proclaimed this area as the widest...

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Seven World Heritages in Indonesia

The Borobudur Temple may out of the Seven World Wonders since long time ago, but Indonesia still has seven World Heritages. Seven world class sites. UNESCO has released the World Heritage Sites list, and some of them are in Indonesia. Here they are.

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