Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
During the 19th to early 20th century, Bandung has become a popular business, shopping and leisure destination for wealthy plantation owners, in particular in the weekends. As a result, the hotel business was blooming in the city. The predecessor of the present hotel, the Homann Hotel was built in 1871–72, owned and managed by the Homann family.
Adansonia is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs (/ ˈ b aʊ b æ b / or / ˈ b eɪ oʊ b æ b /) or adansonias.They are placed in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Bombacoideae.
They grow to a height of 5–25 metres (16–82 feet). [2] The trunk is typically very broad and fluted or cylindrical, often with a buttressed, spreading base. [ 3 ] Trunks may reach a diameter of 10–14 m (33–46 ft), [ 3 ] and may be made up of multiple stems fused around a hollow core. [ 4 ]
The historical and continued influence of their original language has produced variation and change in the pronunciation of particular sounds in Malaysian Cantonese when compared to "standard" Cantonese. [11] Depending on their ancestral origin and educational background, some speakers may not exhibit the unique characteristics described below.
The Legend of Anle (Chinese: 安乐传), also known as An Le Zhuan, is a Chinese historical streaming television series co-produced by Youku, and Shanghai Films & Media Corporation and directed by Cheng Zhi Chao, Ma Hua Gan, and Su Fei.
Waterfall in Dago during colonial period.. Dago is an area in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.It covers Jalan H. Juanda (H. Juanda Street) and the surrounding area. The lower (southern) Dago area near Jalan Merdeka is one of the trendy areas of Bandung, with shops, shopping malls, cafes, boutiques, and many restaurants and entertainment centers.
In French it is called Baobab malgache. The local name is renala or reniala (from Malagasy : reny ala , meaning "mother of the forest"). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This tree is endemic to the island of Madagascar, where it is an endangered species threatened by the encroachment of agricultural land.
This central bundle of fused filaments set above the staminal tube is an identifying feature of fony baobab. In the very centre of the flower is an ovary, covered with dense golden hairs, with a pink 20–25 centimetres (7.9–9.8 in) long style topped by a red stigma that blackens with age. Flowers open around dusk.