Showing posts with label Malaysia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malaysia. Show all posts

Bougainvillea - Bougainvillea spectabilis

It is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. The plant was classified by Europeans in Brazil in 1768, by Philibert Commerçon, French Botanist accompanying French Navy admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville during his voyage of circumnavigation.popular ornamental plants in most areas with warm climates, including Ethiopia, Indonesia, Aruba, the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Singapore, the Mediterranean region, the Caribbean, Mexico, South Africa, Kuwait,and the United States in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, South Carolina, and southern Texas. Locarno in Switzerland, with its mild Mediterranean climate, is famous for its bougainvilleas.
Love to see this flowers at morning. Can't take my eyes on it when the sun just peeping over the hills... Living Organized: Proven Steps for a Clutter-Free and Beautiful Home

Averrhoa bilimbi - Kalamyas - Kamias


In Malaysia, it is called belimbing asam; in Indonesia, it is belimbing besu; in Thailand, it is taling pling, or kaling pring. To the French it is carambolier bilimbi, or cornichon des Indes. Filipinos generally call it kamias but there are about a dozen other native names.Perhaps a native of the Moluccas, the bilimbi is cultivated throughout Indonesia; is cultivated and semi-wild everywhere in the Philippines; is much grown in Ceylon and Burma. It is very common in Thailand, Malaya and Singapore; frequent in gardens across the plains of India, and has run wild in all the warmest areas of that country.Kamias is generally regarded as too acid for eating raw, but in Costa Rica, the green, uncooked fruits are prepared as a relish which is served with rice and beans. Sometimes it is an accompaniment for fish and meat. Ripe fruits are frequently added to curries in the Far East. 





Lansium domesticum - Lanzones

It is known variously as langsat - Malaysia (Malay); lansones , lansa, langseh, langsep, lanzon, lanzone, lansone - Philippines (Filipino); langsad (for the type of which its skin is quite sticky to the fruit), longkong (for the type of which the skin is easily peeled off without milky latex) - Thailand (Thai); duku, langsat, kokosan (Indonesian), Gadu Guda (Sri Lanka), lòn bon and bòn bon - Vietnam (Vietnamese).

Langsat fruits are usually eaten fresh, but may be canned in syrup. Seedless sections can be dried like raisins, which is done in the Philippines.This pictures were taken at my father's in law back yard.

Nephelium Lappaceum - (Rambutan)




On the way to home at my father's in law there were fruit bearing trees that gives shed at the side and at the back of the house. One of this trees was the rambutan tree which is also known as Nephelium Lappaceum. A native fruit of Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. The outer skin is peeled exposing the fleshy fruit inside which is then eaten. It is sweet, sour and slightly grape like to the taste.