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Stems are often specialized for storage, asexual reproduction, protection, or photosynthesis, including the following: . Climbing stem of Senecio angulatus.. Acaulescent: Used to describe stems in plants that appear to be stemless.
Batang Gadis is a national park covering 1,080 km 2 in North Sumatra province, Indonesia extending between 300 and 2,145 metres altitude. It is named after the Batang Gadis river that flows through the park. [1] Signs of the endangered Sumatran tiger and the threatened Asian golden cat, leopard cat and clouded leopard were seen in the park.
Pinus merkusii is closely related to the Tenasserim pine (P. latteri), which occurs farther north in southeast Asia from Myanmar to Vietnam; some botanists treat the two as conspecific (under the name P. merkusii, which was described first), but P. latteri differs in longer (18–27 cm or 7– 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and stouter (over 1 mm thick) leaves and larger cones with thicker scales, the cones ...
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 breast height of about 1 metre (3 ft).
Asparagaceae (/ ə s ˌ p æ r ə ˈ ɡ eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. [1] The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, Asparagus officinalis.
Hibiscus [2] [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world.
Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to eastern parts of South and Southeast Asia.
Acacia podalyriifolia is a tall shrub or small tree that typically reaches a height and width of around 2 to 6 m (6 ft 7 in to 19 ft 8 in). [4] Like most species of Acacia, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. [5]