DATE WITH NATURE

HI MY SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
‘DACRYCARPUS IMBRICATUS’

• My hometown is semenanung Malaysia, cambodia,
china.

• I can grow up to up to 40 metres high.
• Ethnobotanical Uses : Timber & Products (used in

construction, pulpwood, and furniture.)
• Family: Podocarpaceae
• Order: Pinales
• Kingdom: Plantae
• Rank: Species

HI MY SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
‘CYCAS LITORALIS’

• My hometown is semenanung Malaysia, cambodia,
china, fiji, indonesia, laos, malaysia, papua new guinea,
the philippines, thailand, vanuatu, and vietnam.

• Ethnobotanical Uses: Leaves and cones of cycads are
used in traditional Asian medicine.

• Family: Cycadaceae
• Kingdom: Plantae
• Order: Cycadales
• Species: C. litoralis

HI MY SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
‘AGATHIS ROBUSTA’

• I’m from Australia, Queensland.
• I’m a large evergreen tree growing straight and tall to a

height of 30–50 m.
• Ethnobotanical Uses: Produce gum for varnish and build

furnitures
• Kingdom: Plantae
• Class: Pinopsida
• Order: Pinales
• Family: Araucariaceae

HI MY SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
‘ZAMIA FURFURACEA’

• I’m from Mexico.
• My leaves are green, 45 – 190 cm long and 10 – 30 cm

wide
• All parts of the plant are poisonous to animals, including

humans.
• Family: Zamiaceae
• Order: Cycadales
• Kingdom: Plantae

HI MY SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
‘JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS’

• I’m from China and Japan
• Evergreen tree with needle-like foliage and a compact

conical form reminiscent of Christmas trees!
• I will reach a height of 3m and a spread of 0.8m after 10-20

years.
• I’m having a minor toxicity
• Family: Cupressaceae
• Order: Pinales
• Kingdom: Plantae

HI MY SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
‘CYCAS REVOLUTA’

• I’m from Japan
• Japanese sago palm, king sago, sago cycad, Japanese sago

palm)
• All parts of the plant are toxic; however, the seeds contain the

highest level of the toxin cycasin.
• Family: Cupressaceae
• Order: Pinales
• Kingdom: Plantae

HI MY SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
‘ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA’

• I’m from to Norfolk Island
• Slow growing tree, reaching a height of 50–65 m (160–210 ft)
• All parts of the plant are toxic; however, the seeds contain the

highest level of the toxin cycasin.
• Sometimes used as Christmas trees.
• Family: Araucariaceae
• Order: Pinales
• Kingdom: Plantae

HI MY SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
‘PODOCARPUS POLYSTACHYUS’

-JATI LAUT-

• Found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Slow growing tree
• A shrub or small tree (1-20m tall). The trunk is sometimes

fluted and sometimes has buttress roots.
• used for house building, carts, leaves as an alternative to

treat rheumatism and painful joints.
• Higher classification: Plum pine
• Rank: Species
• Family: Podocarpaceae