Endangered Plants

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Indonesia contains so many islands with deep rain forest inside.

That makes
the country has so many unique plants. Most of them even have an endangered status
which makes Indonesian governments make the conservatory area to protect them.
Speaking of the most endangered plants in Indonesia, this time, we will bring you into
some of them. Most of them are hardly found even in Indonesian forests nowadays.

1. Rafflesia Arnoldii
Rafflesia Arnoldii becomes one of the endangered
plants in Indonesia that was protected by the
Indonesian government since very long time ago.
The flower can bloom within two meters wide of the
petal as the native flowers of Indonesia. It becomes
one of the biggest blooming flowers in the world.

Rafflesia Arnoldii commonly can be found in the middle of the rainforest in Sumatra
if you are lucky. They bloomed in certain seasons, which you can’t see once in a year.
The rarest type of this flower becomes one of the reasons why the Indonesian
government protects them so much.

2. Titan Arum
Titan Arum becomes one of the endangered plants
in Indonesia that lives around the Sumatran
forest. The flower has a similar familiarity with the
Rafflesia Arnoldii, but it will grow higher than the
Rafflesia Arnoldii. Titan Arum can bloom as
another type of Indonesian plant with flowers. It
has a yellow part as pollen that comes with a beautiful petal in the middle of the
flower. It has a stinky unique smell and will only bloom every 20 – 40 years at once.
3. Cendana
Cendana becomes one of the endangered plants in
Indonesia that living in a lowland area. It has a
unique flower with a specific smell that makes it a
unique Indonesian plant. People believe that the
smell can hold up to a million years. That is why,
these flowers commonly use for perfume,
aromatherapy, herbs, and spices.

Besides the great benefits , the Cendana tree is also has so useful for Cendana oil. The
cultivation of the Cendana tree is so difficult even for Indonesian. That makes this
plant becomes one of the plants protected by the Indonesian government.

4. Ulin
Ulin tree becomes one of the endangered
plants in Indonesia that lives around the
Kalimantan forest. The plant has a
typical diameter of around 60 up to 120
cm in width. It becomes one of the most
wider trees in Indonesia that lives under
the beautiful mountains in Indonesia.

Ulin tree is well-known with the iron tree, which has the best quality of woods. It
becomes one of the most salable commodities of woods in Indonesia that has a rare
amount lately. Illegal logging and deforestation make the Ulin tree decreased in
amount drastically. That makes the Indonesian government protect this plant so
much under the law.

So, there are some of the most endangered plants in Indonesia and most of them are
protected by the Indonesian government under the law. Have you ever seen them all
so far?

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