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…Korea, and traveling through Indonesia, Japan, and Vietnam—has shaped my perspective on nature. The cultural relationships with plants, food, and biodiversity in these regions are deeply embedded in everyday life….
…been felled for the valuable meranti timber. Following timber extraction farming settlements have sprung up in the wake of the felling, sponsored by the Indonesian government’s transmigration scheme. There are…
…a height of six metres and is widespread throughout tropical Africa, and eastwards through peninsular India to Indonesia and Australia. Ten subspecies have been described, of which one (subspecies cinerea)…
…of Indonesia. RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet Accession Number:19802209 Scientific Name:Reinwardtia indica Dumort. Family:Linaceae Genus:Reinwardtia Epithet:indica Plant:19802209B Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced Plant:19802209A Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced Plant:19802209C Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/G47/0440D Plant:19802209D Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced…
…if not inedible. It is widespread from Afghanistan eastwards to Japan and Indonesia, but also occurs naturalised in Africa, North America and Europe. Hand coloured lithograph of Duchesnea indica form…
…from a time when the whole region east of Arabia (including India, Indo-China, Malaysia and Indonesia) were known as the ‘East Indies’, especially in early times when the exact origin…
…to everything else that we have included: one distinct lineage in Yunnan, China, another that occurs in Yunnan and Nepal, and a third in Indonesia and Malaysia. That’s balanced again…
…mounted and incorporated into the RBGE herbarium . 478 will be distributed to the following organisations: Sarawak Forest Department (SAR), Research Centre for Biology, Indonesia (BO), Brunei Forestry Centre (BRUN),…
…on cue an ant plant from the Arfak Mountains in West Papua, Indonesia, is now flowering as part of a display for Edinburgh International Science Festival. We have enhanced our…
…these blocks were produced at the Tjipetir plantation and factory in West Java, Indonesia, had been on Japanese cargo ship sunk off the Scilly isles during the first world war…
…The Guinness World Record height for this species is an impressive 3.1 metres, so this Indonesian plant would seem to have a pretty strong claim to the crown. However, the…
…Reekie’ says it all. Titan arum growing wild in Sumatra, Indonesia. The bad smell is actually sending out a message to potential pollinators. The strategy is not unique to titan…
…Edinburgh will be featured. On the 10th April 2015 Begonia yapenensis was published as a new species from Yapen Island in Papua Province, Indonesia. This small ground-hugging plant was collected…
Kanikeh village, in the Highlands of Seram, Maluku, Indonesia is in the heart of sago country. There is no farming but people obtain their main nourishment from the starchy pith…
Hoya imperialis This week, succumb to the warmth of the Lowland Tropics and seek out the stunning Hoya imperialis. Native to Malaysia and Indonesia, this tropical gem produces the…
…undescribed, a situation which scientists at RBGE are working to put right. We have carried out two expeditions to underexplored parts of Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) over the past 12 months,…