Bunga-bunga liar Malaysia
(Wild flowers of Malaysia)


Nama (Malay Name) Tunera Kuning
Keluarga (Family) TURNERACEAE
Nama Saintifik (Scientific Name) Turnera ulmifolia
Saiz Biasa (Size) 4 cm
Nama Lain (Other Names) Holy Rose
= Yellow Turnera
Jurufoto (Photographer) Nuruddin Jamin & CS Ooi


Nota Ringkas (Short Notes)


Pokok ini sekarang terdapat liar di Malaysia tetapi pada asalnya bukan tumbuhan tempatan. Biasa dijumpai di tanah terbiah, ladang kelapa, dan ditepi jalan. Bunganya cantik, menarik, buka pada waktu pagi dan akan tutup pada waktu petang.

This plant can now be found wild in Malaysia but is not a native plant. Common on waste land, in coconut plantations and by the roadside. The flowers are attractive, conspicuous, it opens in the morning and closes in the afternoon.


Rujukan (References)

     Pokok (Plant)

1.       Cherating, Kuantan, Pahang, liar di tepi jalan, Ogos 1998, (wild by the roadside, Aug. 1998)

     Buku (Books)

1. 1.       Malayan Wild Flowers - Dicotyledon; M.R. Henderson; (1954);
            Caxton Press Ltd.; Malaya. - mukasurat (page) 169
2.       Tropica; Alfred Byrd Graf; (1978, 1981); Roehrs Company; USA.
            - mukasurat (page) 1103, 910


Inquiries     (Pertanyaan)
Ooi Chooi Seng P.P.N.,
259 Jalan 17/8,
46400 Petaling Jaya
February 2002