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| Journal : Herbal Therapy of Rejang Folk Doctor compare it with Ayurvedic practices |
| 2011-11-13 19:03:07 |
Final Report on the Project Ayurveda & its Impact on Indian & Southeast Asian SocietiesDr. Rita ChattopadhyayProfessor, Department of Sanskrit,Jadavpur University, Kolkata, IndiaFor the medical practices of the ‘Rejang’ community who live in the highlands of South-West Sumatra, I have solely depended upon the findings of Prof Mervyn. A. Jaspan who was the Professor of South-East-Asian Sociology and Director of the centre for South-East Asian studies,at the University of Hull, England. From 1961 to 1963, Prof Jaspan conducted field research among the Rejang community, and for approximately a year of this time he chose to be apprenticed to Man Aher, a man in his seventies who was regarded as the greatest Rejang folk doctor, historian, and ‘bard’.According to Prof Jaspan “the phenomenon of the versatile doctor who was also an accomplished natural historian or man of letters was common in Europe until the nineteenth century” and interestingly enough, in India also, the...
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| Abstract Geneology of The Rajahs Pulo Percha (Sumatra). From a M. S. In The Possession of The Sultan of indrapura |
| 2011-11-13 17:35:56 |
The commencement of the story is a fable of Mahommedan invention, by which the king of Menang karbau is made a descendant of Iskander Zuikarnein, and a brother of the kings of Roum and Tasua or China ; it then goes on to state that the king of Moghul Khyrun, having heard of a certain country called Medan, was seized with a desire to go and see it ; and leaving his son in the government, set out from the city of Sah ul Sayah, with an immense retinue."He took with him all kinds of arms and warlike equipments, and the arrangement of his battle was the Naga-terbang (flying dragon), like a cloud swallowing the moon. The numbers of his army exceeded computation and his Ulubalangs were clad in iron armour with helmets of steel. The king accompanied by the Princess Chandra dewi Kamala Retna, di. rected his course towards the country of the Brahmans, where he remained forty days and forty nights, and placed over it a Rajah named Bacha Salegram Jawahir Sing.From thence the king moved with his w...
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| Odontolabis ludekingi ludekingi VOLLENHOVEN, 1861 |
| 2011-05-17 20:13:22 |
Odontolabis ludekingi ludekingi Odontolabis ludekingi (VOLLENHOVEN, 1861) [Lucanus].Vollenhoven, 1861:105, pl.5; Parry, 1864:13, pl.2; Leuthner, 1885:460, pl.93-94; Mollenkamp, 1906:170; Van Roon, 1906:271, 276, pl.13; Didier & Séguy, 1952:pl.56; Benesh, 1960:118; Klausnitzer, 1982:43; Lacroix, 1984:152-155, pl.44-45; Bomans, 1990:176; Maes, 1992:26; Kawano, 1992:12; Mizunuma & Nagai, 1994:226, pl.30; Kawano, 1997:454.Native name:Katip katip (Rejang language)A live male specimen of Odontolabis ludekingi ludekingi was captured from Curup town at Rejang land, as you see below.Odontolabis ludekingi ludekingi, male , capture from Rejang Land.Odontolabis ludekingi ssp. ludekingi (VOLLENHOVEN, 1861) [Lucanus].Malaya = Malacca; Sumatra* : N. Sumatra Prov. (Dolok Merangir), W. Sumatra Prov. (Padang, Padangpandjang, Fort de Kock, Mt. Singalan), Jambi Prov., Bengkulu Prov. (Tambang Sawah), Lampung Prov., ? (Ajer Mantcior, Bandong-Sijthoff).Bibliography.ARAYA K. (2000) An account of ...
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| Aeschynanthus radicans, Jack 1823 |
| 2011-05-14 07:34:45 |
Aeschynanthus radicans Jack. (Not A. radicans Wallich, which is A.griffithii R. Brown). Stems scrambling and trailing, hairy; leaves hairy especially below, up to 4 x 2.8cm long, elliptic to ovate, apex bluntly pointed; inflorescences axillary and terminal, usually 2-flowered; calyx up to 2.1 cm, green sometimes flushed reddish, hairy; corolla up to 5.5cm long, externally scarlet with white hairs, internally whitish in throat, glabrous; stamens not exserted. Distribution: Thailand, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Sarawak & KalimantanCredit photo:Nurkholis Sastro at Lebong Regency, South West SumatraReference :http://www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62772:aeschynanthus-radicans-jack&catid=365:ahttp://www....
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| Zingiberaceae : Hornstedtia rubra (Blume) Valeton 1921 |
| 2011-05-02 20:43:29 |
Hornstedtia rubra (Blume) Valeton 1921This photo capture insitu from Rejang land, South West Sumatra, Bengkulu province, Indonesia.The flowers of hornstedtia rubra below is immature, its mean the flowers prepare to bloom.SynonymsAlpinia rubra (Blume) D.Dietr.Amomum harmsii K.Schum.Amomum longibractea K.Schum.Amomum rubrum (Blume) K.Schum.Cardamomum rubrum (Blume) KuntzeDonacodes rubra BlumeElettaria rubra (Blume) Miq.Hellenia rubra (Blume) Miq. Distribution :Sumatra and JavaCredit :Photo by Arga YudhaLocation : Rejang Land, South West Sumatra, IndonesiaIdentify by John Mood, University of Hawaii
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| Zingiberaceae : Hedychium hasseltii Blume 1827 |
| 2011-04-14 11:10:55 |
Photo by Arga YudhaLocation : Rejang Land, South west Sumatra, IndonesiaHedychium hasseltii Blume 1827The rare species capture from Rejang land as Hedychium hasseltii. This plant is epiphyt plant and look really beautifull, and grow at palm sugar tree in situ.Hedychium hasseltii have nice aromatic, first describe from Blume at year 1827 and report as endemic plant from west java at the time. For now the statement only endemic in west java not matching any more info, due the species also find at Rejang Land nature, its mean the distribution endemic also in South west Sumatra. There is no report that I find till today this species find at other region in Sumatra, if any body know do not hesitate inform us.Hedychium hasseltii, flowers full bloomHedychium hasseltii, flowers full bloomHedychium hasseltii, fruit look very beautifull and uniqueHedychium hasseltii, insitu epiphyt at palm sugar treeAknowledgement :Thank`s for Mr. John Mood to help us to looking for the ID
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| Butterfly : Cupha erymanthis nagara, Fruhstorfer, 1904 |
| 2011-04-09 12:14:04 |
Cupha erymanthis nagara, Fruhstorfer, 1904This is first time our blog accept photo butterfly from genus Cupha. The sub species identify as Cupha erymanthis nagara, Fruhstorfer, 1904. Species Chupa erymanthis describe first time by Drury at year 1773, and the sub species from sumatra and borneo named by Fruhstorfer at year 1904 as Cupha erymanthis nagara, Fruhstorfer, 1904.Cupha erymanthis nagara, Fruhstorfer, 1904Confirmation identification from book :Illustrations of exotic entomology containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties. By Dru Drury. A new ed., brought down to the present state of the science, with the systematic characters of each species, synonyms, indexes, and other additional matter. By J. O. Westwood.Published 1837. Plate 15, the copy illustration below :Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. ...
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| Dischidia : Dischidia rafflesiana Wall, 1830 |
| 2011-04-09 07:44:14 |
Dischidia rafflesianaDupet semutA unique ant plant recoded in rejang land at lebong regency known as Dischidia Rafflesiana. The plant describe first time by Wallich at year 1830 in journal Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 2 1830 from specimen in singapore, malaka and selangor, malaysia. (Peninsular malaya) :"Crescit in Singapur, super arboribus radicans, florens fructiferaque mense Novembris. Ad Malaccam et Sallangohr alibique, Gerbardus K?nig in Herario Banksiano."(4)In rejang language this plant call as dupet semut, meaning wallet of ant as you see at photo below.Rejang Native name :Dupet semut (wallet of ant) or dompet semutCommon Name :Ant Plant, Malayan Urn Vine, Rattle Sculls, akar bani (Bahasa Indonesia).Synonym :Dischidia majorDistiribution :India to AustraliaAn unusual succulent/epyphite vine with inflated, hollow leaves resembling baloons, in nature used by ants for nesting. It is a strange Hoya relative with modified leaves that look like a cluster of bananas. ...
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| Reptile : Naja sumatrana MÜLLER 1890 |
| 2011-04-08 12:52:24 |
Cobra Sumatra SnakeThis is Naja Sumatrana (Muller 1890) juvenille. Capture by my friend Barlian at Sungai Ipuh village, Selagan Raya district, Muko Muko regency, Bengkulu province, south west sumatra, Indonesia. The area is border land with rejang land.
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| Butterfly : Graphium sarpedon luctatius, Fruhstorfer, 1907 |
| 2011-04-08 08:16:25 |
Common Blue Bottle SumatraThe butterfly have capture from Rejang land, south west sumatra highland, Indonesia. The graphium sarpedon first describe by Linnaeus, 1758, and the sub species named as Graphium sarpedon luctatius given by Fruhstorfer, 1907 for sub species from Sumatra island.Graphium sarpedon luctatius, Fruhstorfer, 1907 (photo Dian Novita)Graphium sarpedon luctatius, Fruhstorfer, 1907 (photo Dian Novita)Graphium sarpedon luctatius, Fruhstorfer, 1907 (photo arga yudha)Graphium sarpedon luctatius, Fruhstorfer, 1907 (photo arga yudha)Graphium sarpedon luctatius, Fruhstorfer, 1907 (photo arga yudha)Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papilionidae Genus: Graphium Species: G. sarpedon luctatius Image Location by Arga Yudha :Talang Rimbo Lama Village ,South Curup District Rejang Lebong RegencyReferences : http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Graphium_sarpedonhttp://ftp.funet. fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/l...
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