Unique plant in Indonesia

Indonesia has a diversity of plants. Some plants in Indonesia has its own uniqueness, perhaps in another country has a unique plant, but this time the authors try to discuss it in Indonesia.

This is the list of the most unique plants in Indonesia:

1. Semar bag; Carnivore Plants

The most unique plants are semar bag (Nepenthes sp). Uniqueness is semar bag carnivorous plants. This plant has a pouch-shaped organ that is part sweet-scented lips that attract insects. The animals are lured to slip into pockets between the slick. Acid (proteolase enzymes) that are in the middle of the bag and digest prey's body.

In the world there are up to 129 kinds of bags semar are at least 64 species live in Indonesia. Species Bag Semar Sumatra, Borneo Species Semar bags; Species Semar bags Sulawesi; Species Bag Semar Papua

2. Rafflesia; Largest Flower

Plants are unique because of the size of the next Rafflesia flowers are gigantic and the stench. Arnoldii Rafflesia, one of rafflesia, is the plant with the largest flower in the world that are currently in bloom reaches 70-110 cm in diameter with a height of 50 cm and weighs 11 kg. Uniquely flower Rafflesia has no leaves, stems, and roots. Rafflesia is a parasitic plant that grows in the obligate stem lianas (vines) of the genus Tetrastigma. Necessary nutrients taken from the host tree.

Around the world there are 30 species of rafflesia and Indonesia has at least 15 species of rafflesia.

3. The leaf; Leaves Biggest

The leaves of plants unique to the next. The uniqueness of the leaves of the tree can be seen from the size of a very large leaves with a length of 6 meters and a width of 1 meter. The unique again from the tree with the Latin name Johannesteijsmannia altifrons and is a member of palms (Arecaceae) is a leaf that looks directly protruding from the ground. This is because the stem leaves are shorter and are usually hidden in the ground.

In Indonesia, the leaves are grown in Sumatra and Kalimantan. It also can be found in Thailand and Malaysia.

4. Edelweiss; Bunga Abadi

Edelweiss including unique plants, plants that live on mountain tops is often regarded As with perennial flowers and a symbol of eternal love. This is because the edelweiss flower will not wilt even been plucked from the stems. Although dry, but the shape and appearance has not changed.

There are various types of edelweiss flower that grows in the highlands in many countries including Indonesia. Which are often found in the mountains Indonesia is Anaphalis javanica species. Read also wrote for This Love Letters In The Cloud Flower Edelweis Suryakencana Square.

5. Ants Nest; Symbiosis Unique

Ant nest is a plant with a unique symbiosis. Ant nests are epiphytic plants that live on other plants ride (such as orchids only). But besides symbiosis with host plants that ditempelinya, ants nest animal symbiosis with ants.

Stem tubers resembling ant nest ballooned with cavities in them. Cavities in the 'root' anthill-like labyrinth that later became alive and breeding ants. This plant also produces glucose (sugar) in addition attract ants arrival as well as a diet of ants. In return, the ants will leave droppings that are useful as food (nutrients) for plant anthill.

besides unique anthill is also used by some tribes in the interior of Papua as a drug used to treat rheumatic disorders and gout. papua anthill where Efficacy has been proven by a lot of the benefit of medical research on ant nests, the literature explains that the medical benefits of ant nests are very nutritious and can be used to cure various diseases naturally and safely without causing side effects such as: various types of cancer / tumor (brain cancer, breast cancer, nasal cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, uterine cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer and blood cancer).

6. Strangler figs; the killer Host

Strangler fig, strangler fig, or kiara koneng (Ficus annulata) is unique because of the original plant empifit (ride) at this other tree, as he grows, then kill the host tree. Strangler fig is a plant parasite, since he tacked on another tree will absorb nutrients from the host tree.

Trees are scattered in Indo China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi is growing roots sulurnya stuck to the bottom, vines, and twisted body of its host tree to beat the host tree both in absorb nutrients from the soil as well as in the capture of sunlight. Slowly until the host tree dies leaving a large hole exotic and unique in the midst of a set of roots of a strangler fig vine entwined.