A Walk Through the Tamu Sarikei 2020 CNY ( Flora )

Arecaceae

Moraceae

 Artocarpeae

Ficeae

Solanaceae

Burseraceae 

Malvaceae

Durionea

Anacardiaceae

Meliaceae

Rutaceae

Citreae

Cluciaceae

Gnetaceae

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 Fabaceae

Musaceae

Annonaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Benincaseae

Ariculariaceae

Schizophyllaceae

Brassicaceae

Myrtaceae

 Lamiaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Dipterocarpaceae

Araceae

Zingiberaceae

Achariaceae

Poaceae

Portulaca

The Generic name “Portulaca”, derived from ‘portula’, a dimunitive of ‘porta’ , in allution to the doorlike opening of the seed capsule. 

There are over 40 species of Portulaca found worldwide.

Portulaca grandiflora

Portulaca grandiflora is a popular garden plant originated from tropical America.  It is easy to grow and flower easily.  

Numerous cultivars have been selected for double flowers with additional petals, and for variation in flower colour, plain or variegated.

Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca oleracae is originated from the Old World.  The flowers are small, yellow, with 5 petals.  Like other Portulacas, the flowers open only a few hours on sunny mornings. 

Interestingly, P. oleracea is one of very few plants capable to utilize both CAM and C4 photosynthesis pathways. 

The specific name “olearcea” simply means ‘of cultivation’, or ‘suitable for food’.

P. oleracea’s stem, leaves and flower buds are eaten as a leaf vegetable.  It is used as salad, stir-fried, or cooked.

Portulaca pilosa

Portulaca pilosa is native to the Americas.  The flowers’ colour range from pink to purple.  The specific name “pilosa” derived from ‘pilose’, which means to be covered with long soft hairs.   P. pilosa that grow in an arid environment tends to have denser hairs.

Edible Durio of Sarawak

There are 31 known species of Durio.   12 species have been identified to produce edible fruits.   7 out of 12 edible species can be found in various places of Sarawak.

No	Edible Species	Distribution
1	Durio dulcis	Borneo
2	Durio grandiflorus	Borneo
3	Durio graveolens	Borneo, Malaya, Palawan, Sumatra
4	Durio kinabaluensis	Crocker Range
5	Durio kutejensis	Borneo
6	Durio lowianus	Malaya, Sumatra
7	Durio macrantha	Sumatra
8	Durio mansoni	Indochina
9	Durio oxleyanus	Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
10	Durio testudinarius	Borneo
11	Durio wyatt-smithii	Terengganu
12	Durio zibethinus	Borneo, Sumatra

No	Other Species	Distribution
1	Durio acutifolius	Sabah, Kalimantan
2	Durio affinis	Kalimantan
3	Durio beccarianus	Borneo
4	Durio bukittrayaensis	borneo
5	Durio burmanicus	Borneo
6	Durio carinatus	Borneo, Malaya,  Sumatra
7	Durio  ceylanicus	Sri Langka
8	Durio crassipes	Tenom, Sipitang
98	Durio exceisus	Kalimantan
10	Durio griffithii	Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
11	Durio lanceolatus	Borneo, Sumatra
12	Durio lissocarpus	Borneo
13	Durio macrolepis	Malaya
14	Durio macrophyllus	Malaya
15	Durio malaccensis	Malaya, Sumatra
16	Durio oblongus	Sarawak
17	Durio penangianus	Perak, Penang
18	Durio purpureus	Kalimantan
19	Durio singaporensis	Malaya

Roller-Tanker

Roller-Tanker® is an innovation of local company S Two Green Landscape. 

It is an upgraded version or roller-bins, which are used in solid waste disposal. 

The tanker is custom made to fit to the truck, with dimension of the tank approximate 2.5m width x 4.5m length x 1.5m height.  Additional 1.5m compartment at rear for water pump.

The biggest advantage of Roller-Tanker® is that it can be detached from the truck for watering, while the truck can go about doing other tasks, or go for reload of water with a second Roller-Tanker®.