This shrub is most commonly planted along the road or as hedges. It can be sculptured easily because it can stand hard pruning. But it easily attracts leaves eating caterpillers. Locally known as Kelat Paya or Bunga Engineer in Brunei (Eugenia oleina of Syzygium Campanulatum family).
In the supposedly modern world, plastic container has mostly substituted this essential leaves. Nasi katok, nasi lamak nowadays use some form of plastic wrapping, non degradable materials. In the old days, most of take-away food are wrapped in the bio-degradable leaves like this one; daun nyirik (Marantaceae). So if we are serious about reducing...
Grown mostly as ornament, Lampuyang zingiber aromaticum has a distinctive aroma. Its aromatic smell came from its leaves. In our locality, the young leaves is cooked dry (masak tumis), and considered to have medicinal value. Cooking preparation involve; cutting off the harder backbone of the leaves, then slicing them into very small pieces, cooked with...
In the Malay world, this plant is always associated with Malay culture, for example Malay wedding ceremony. Sirih (Piper betle), is a tropical vine family, grown mostly in South Asia and South East Asia. It is widely regarded as to have medicinal value. In our locality, it is a quick cure for nosebleed (Epistaxis), (tikus-tikusan). In a Malay wedding, the word...
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