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Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. orth. var. [ 1] Curcuma zanthorrhiza, known as temulawak, Java ginger, Javanese ginger, or Javanese turmeric is a plant species, belonging to the ginger family. [ 2] It is known in Javanese as temulawak, in Sundanese as koneng gede and in Madurese as temu labak. [ 2] The scientific name is sometimes written as Curcuma ...
Setaria palmifolia is a species of grass known by the common names palmgrass, [ 2] highland pitpit, hailans pitpit, short pitpit, broadleaved bristlegrass, and knotroot. It is native to temperate and tropical Asia. [ 3] It is known elsewhere as an introduced, and often invasive, species, including in Australia, New Zealand, many Pacific Islands ...
Limnocharis flava (commonly known as yellow velvetleaf, [2] sawah flower rush, sawah lettuce [3]) is a species of aquatic flowering plant which is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic but widely naturalized in southern and southeastern Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and southern China ...
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.
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]
Eurycoma longifolia. Jack [1] Eurycoma longifolia (commonly called tongkat ali, pasak bumi, or longjack) is a flowering plant in the family Simaroubaceae. It is native to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam) and Indonesia (the islands of Borneo and Sumatra), [2] but has also been found in the Philippines. [3]
Paspalum conjugatum. P.J.Bergius. Paspalum conjugatum, commonly known as carabao grass or hilo grass, is a tropical to subtropical perennial grass. It is originally from the American tropics, but has been naturalized widely in tropical Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands. It has also spread to Northern Africa and Northern and Eastern Australia.
Macaranga is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae (tribe Acalypheae ). Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the genus comprises over 300 different species. [4] [5] It was first described as a genus in 1806, based ...