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[10] Lianas are uniquely adapted to living in such forests as they use the host tree, for stability, to reach to top of the canopy. Lianas directly damage hosts by mechanical abrasion and strangulation, render hosts more susceptible to ice and wind damage, [ citation needed ] and increase the probability that the host tree falls.
The seeds are small, weighing around 0.4 grams (6.2 grains) on average. The compound (doubly pinnate) leaves have a feathery appearance and are a characteristic light, bright green. Each leaf is 30–50 cm (12–20 in) long with 20 to 40 pairs of primary leaflets or pinnae, each divided into 10–20 pairs of secondary leaflets or pinnules.
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ ˌ æ n dʒ i ə ˈ s p ər m iː /). [5] [6] The term 'angiosperm' is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον / angeion ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / sperma ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit.
[10] The puspa langka ("rare flower") is padma raksasa rafflesia ( Rafflesia arnoldii ). All three were chosen on World Environment Day in 1990, [ 13 ] and enforced by law through Presidential Decree ( Keputusan Presiden ) No. 4 1993, [ 14 ] On the other occasion, bunga bangkai ( Titan arum ) was also added as puspa langka together with rafflesia .
The first European to find Rafflesia was the ill-fated French explorer Louis Auguste Deschamps.He was a member of a French scientific expedition to Asia and the Pacific, detained by the Dutch for three years on the Indonesian island of Java, where, in 1797, he collected a specimen, which was probably what is now known as R. patma.
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Jacquemontia paniculata Convolvulus cephalopodus in Behbahan. Convolvulaceae (/ k ən ˌ v ɒ l v j ə ˈ l eɪ s i. iː,-aɪ /), commonly called the bindweeds or morning glories, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species.