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Eastern Java–Bali Rain Forests
The Eastern Java-Bali rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0113) covers the lowland areas of the eastern half of the island of Java, and the island of Bali, in Indonesia. This ecoregion is distinct from the Eastern Java-Bali montane rain forests, which exists at higher altitudes where mountain forest habitat dominates. Very little of the natural lowland rainforest remains in its pre-human settlement state. Location and description The ecoregion covers the lowlands of the eastern half of Java and Bali. Also included are Madura Island and the Kangean Islands off the north coast of Java. The soil is mostly volcanic and alluvial deposits due to the large, active volcanoes in the center, and with some uplifted coral limestone. Climate The climate of the ecoregion is ''Tropical monsoon climate'' (Köppen climate classification (Am)). This climate is characterized by relatively even temperatures throughout the year (all months being greater than average temperature), and a prono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meru Betiri National Park
Meru Betiri National Park is a national park in the province of East Java, Indonesia, extending over an area of 580 km2 of which a small part is marine (8.45 km2). The beaches of the park provide nesting grounds for endangered turtle species such as leatherback turtles, hawksbill turtles, green turtles, and olive ridley turtles. Geography and climate Meru Betiri National Park has a varied topography reaching from a plain coast to highlands with an altitude of almost . The tallest mountains within the park are Mount Gamping (538 m), Mount Butak (609 m), Mount Sukamade Atas (801 m), Mount Gendong (840 m asl), Mount Mandilis (844 m) and Mount Betiri (1,192 m). The topography along the coast is generally hilly to mountainous. There are only few sandy plain coasts, most of them located in the west, such as Rajegwesi Beach, Sukamade Beach, Permisan Beach, Meru Beach and Bandealit Beach. Some rivers across Meru Betiri NP are Sukamade River, a perennial river, Permisan River, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albizia
''Albizia'' is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and Australia, but mostly in the Old World tropics. In some locations, some species are considered weeds. They are commonly called silk plants, silk trees, or sirises. The obsolete spelling of the generic name – with double 'z' – is still common, so the plants may be called albizzias. The generic name honors the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, who introduced ''Albizia julibrissin'' to Europe in the mid-18th century. Some species are commonly called mimosa, which more accurately refers to plants of genus ''Mimosa''. Species from southeast Asia used for timber are sometime termed East Indian walnut. Description They are usually small trees or shrubs with a short lifespan, though the famous ''Samán del Guère'' near Maracay in Venez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indomalayan Ecoregions
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to lowland southern China, and through Indonesia as far as Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Borneo, east of which lies the Wallace line, the realm boundary named after Alfred Russel Wallace which separates Indomalaya from Australasia. Indomalaya also includes the Philippines, lowland Taiwan, and Japan's Ryukyu Islands. Most of Indomalaya was originally covered by forest, and includes tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, with tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests predominant in much of India and parts of Southeast Asia. The tropical forests of Indomalaya are highly variable and diverse, with economically important trees, especially in the families Dipterocarpaceae and Fabaceae. Major ecolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Java–Bali Montane Rain Forests
The Eastern Java–Bali montane rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0112) covers the higher altitude mountain rainforests on the eastern side of the island of Java, and most of the center of the island of Bali in Indonesia. The region has a number of active volcanoes, but is under pressure from growing human populations pushing into higher elevations and more marginal land. With elevations rising from sea level to , and precipitation varying between rainforest and drier forest levels, the area has many different forest types – evergreen, deciduous and semi-alpine. Location and description The islands of Java and Bali are the products of relatively recent volcanism – Java is less than 24 million years old, and Bali less than 3 million years. During recent ice ages when sea levels were lower the islands were connected to Sumatra and Borneo. There are 20 volcanoes on the islands that have been active during human history. The geology is volcanic rock, alluvial soils, and some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karimunjawa National Park
Karimunjawa National Park, also Crimon Java National Park, is a national marine park designated in the Karimun Java archipelago, Jepara Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. It lies 80 km north west of Jepara, Central Java in the Java Sea. The national park was formally declared as Marine Protection Area in 2001. Based on popular local myth, this archipelago was discovered by Sunan Nyamplungan, the nephew of Sunan Kudus who is one of the Wali Sanga. Karimun Java is also a tourist attraction popular for its white sandy beach, pristine coral reefs, challenging treks through the hills, the pilgrimage to Sunan Nyamplungan Cemetery, and the customs and traditions of the Karimunjava community. History Following a local legend, Karimun means not obvious, because in clear weather Karimunjawa can be seen from the coast of mainland Java, but still not clearly. Karimunjawa was originally settled by Sunan Nyamplungan, the son of Sunan Muria, one of the Muslim Saints (Sunan) who introduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baluran National Park
Baluran National Park is located in Situbondo Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It has a relatively dry climate and mainly consists of savanna (40%), as well as lowland forests, mangrove forests and hills, with Mount Baluran (1,247m) as its highest peak.Indra Harsaputra,Baluran: the little Africa of Java' ''The Jakarta Post'', 20 July 2013. Baluran National Park is situated at the north-eastern extremity of Java, close to the islands of Bali and Madura. The park is bordered by the Madura Strait to the north, the Bali Strait to the east, the river Bajulmati (Wonorejo village) to the west and the river Klokoran (Sumberanyar village) to the south. The park is a rough circle, with the extinct volcano, Baluran, at its centre. Its total area is 25,000 ha.Ministry of Forestry of IndonesiaBaluran National Park retrieved 20 December 2013 It consists of five zones: the Main Zone (12,000 ha), the Wilderness Zone (5,537 ha, comprising 1,063 ha water and 4,574 ha land), the Intensive Utilization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alas Purwo National Park
Alas Purwo National Park is situated on Blambangan Peninsula in the Banyuwangi Regency, at the southeastern tip of East Java province. The park is famous for its wild Banteng and surfing location at Grajagan Bay. The park's name means ''first forest'' or ''ancient forest'', in accordance with a Javanese legend that says the earth first emerged from the ocean here. Geography The park is located in Blambangan Peninsula at the southeastern tip of Java island, along the shore of strait across Bali. With an area of 434 km2, the park is made up of mangroves, savanna, lowland monsoon forests and coral-fringed beaches. An internationally renowned surf break peels along the edge of the park at Plengkung on Grajagan Bay. Mount Linggamanis (322m) is also located in this national park. Flora and fauna The flora protected in this national park include: ''Terminalia catappa'', ''Calophyllum inophyllum'', ''Sterculia foetida'', ''Barringtonia asiatica'' and ''Manilkara kauki''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bali National Park
West Bali National Park (Indonesian: ''Taman Nasional Bali Barat'') is a national park located in Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia. The park covers around , of which are land and the remainder is sea. This is approximately 3% of Bali's total land area. To the north, it includes a long beach, reef and islets. A seaport at Gilimanuk is west of the park, and the village of Goris is to the east. The National Park can be reached by roads from Gilimanuk and Singaraja, or by using ferries from Ketapang, East Java. There are several habitats in the national park, a savanna, mangroves, montane and mixed-monsoon forests, and coral islands. The center of the park is dominated by remnants of four volcanic mountains from Pleistocene era, with Gunung Patas at its highest elevation. Flora and fauna Some 160 animal species can be found inside the park. Mammals include the banteng, rusa deer, Indian muntjac, Javan lutung, wild boar, large flying fox and leopard cat. Birds include crested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lansium Parasiticum
''Lansium parasiticum'', commonly known as langsat (), lanzones (), or longkong in English; duku in Indonesian language, Indonesian or dokong in Terengganu Malay, is a species of tree in the Meliaceae, Mahogany family with commercially cultivated edible fruits. The species is native to Southeast Asia. Description The tree is average sized, reaching in height and in diameter. 30 years old trees grown from seed and planted at 8 × 8 meter spacing can have a height of 10 meters and diameter of 25 cm. The trunk grows in an irregular manner, with its buttress roots showing above ground. The tree's bark is a greyish colour, with light and dark spots. Its resin is thick and milk coloured. The Pinnate, pinnately compound leaves are odd numbered, with thin hair, and 6 to 9 buds at intervals. The buds are long and elliptical, approximately by in size. The upper edge shines, and the leaves themselves have pointed bases and tips. The stems of the buds measure . The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysoxylum Caulostachyum
''Dysoxylum parasiticum'', known as yellow mahogany, is a species of rainforest trees in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning "parasitic", referring to the idea (now known to be incorrect) that the flowers are parasitic on another tree species. Taxonomy and naming Swedish naturalist Pehr Osbeck described this species as ''Melia parasitica'' in 1751, before it was transferred to the genus ''Dysoxylum'' by Indonesian botanist André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans in 1966. Australian populations were known as ''Dysoxylum schiffneri''. The Bajau people of Sabah know it as ''jarum-jarum'', while it is commonly known as yellow mahogany in Queensland. Description ''Dysoxylum parasiticum'' trees grow up to tall with a trunk that has a diameter of up to and up to buttresses. The smooth bark is yellowish to grey-brown. The sweetly scented flowers are white or creamish-coloured. The red-brown fruits are roundish, and up to in diameter. Both flowers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artocarpus Elasticus
''Artocarpus elasticus'' of the Mulberry Family (Moraceae) and commonly called terap nasi or terap, is a rainforest tree of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, growing up to (occasionally as much as 214 feet (65 meters)) in height with a diameter at breast height of about . The juvenile trees are noteworthy for producing a rosette of enormous deeply lobed leaves similar in shape to those of the white oak (''Quercus alba''), but up to long by about in width. The stipule In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole). Stipules are considered part of the anatomy of the leaf of a typical flowering plant, although in many speci ...s are up to eight inches (twenty centimeters) long, among the largest known. These leaves emerge from leaf buds as long as . The trees are dioecious (male and female flowers on separate trees). Tree Flora of Malaya op.cit. It produces a fruit like a small br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Leucophloea
''Vachellia leucophloea'' ( hi, रेवंजा), also called ''reonja'', is a moderate-sized tree native to South and Southeast Asia. Distribution ''Vachellia leucophloea'' grows natively in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Medicinal uses The bark extracts of ''Vachellia leucophloea'' are used in Pakistani traditional medicine as an astringent, a bitter, a thermogenic, a styptic, a preventive of infections, an anthelmintic, a vulnerary, a demulcent, an expectorant, an antipyretic, an antidote for snake bites and in the treatment of bronchitis, cough, vomiting, wounds, ulcers, diarrhea, dysentery, internal and external hemorrhages, dental caries, stomatitis, and intermittent fevers and skin diseases.Imran Imran, Liaqat Hussain, M. Zia-Ul-Haq, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Anwar H. Gilani, Vincenzo De Feo, "Gastrointestial and respiratory activities of ''Acacia leucophloea.''" ''Journal of Ethnopharmacology The ''Journal of Ethnopharmacol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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