A 1-year-old, one-horned roe deer -- nicknamed "Unicorn'' -- was born in captivity at the Center of Natural Sciences park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence. He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns. (Center of Natural Sciences/AP Photo)
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A two-headed kitten born in Wood County, Ohio, died after only a few days. The kitten was born with four eyes, two noses and one mouth. (ABC)
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Two conjoined Nile freshwater Tilapia fish, dubbed "Siamese twin," swim in a small aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 3, 2008. They are both 8 months old and share part of their skin. The bigger fish tends to protect the smaller one from harm while the smaller one looks for food at the bottom of the aquarium. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters )
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For the first time since 1921, scientists observed a living pygmy tarsier -- one of the planet's smallest and rarest primates -- on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Some scientists believed the tarsiers had become extinct because they had not been seen for so long. The nocturnal animals are very small -- weighing 2 ounces -- and have large eyes and ears.
(Sharon Gursky-Doyen/Texas A&M University/Courtesy of National Geographic Society )
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Dillenia Suffroticosa (Wormia suffruticosa), known as Simpoh Air in Bahasa Malaysa and Buan in Bidayuh. This distinctive shrubby tree grows vigorously on eroded soil, wasteland, forest edges and swampy areas. Everything about it is large. It has large leaves, and large yellow flowers. Dillenia, is a name derived from the personal name Dillenius, a German botanist (1684-1747).
Dillenia Suffroticosa bloom
Dillenia Suffroticosa fruits or flower buds
Dillenia Suffroticosa fruits or flower buds
The unopened fruits are surrounded by thick red sepals. To distinguish them from flower buds, the fruits face upwards while flower buds face down. The ripe fruit splits open also at 3 am, into pinkish star-shaped segments to reveal seeds covered in red arils. The plant blooms from age 3-4 and can live for 50-100 years! Plants in the Simpoh family (Dilleniaceae) hiss when the trunk or a branch is cut (you have to put your ear to the cut to hear it). The sound comes from the air that is sucked into the cut vessels.
Uses of Dillenia Suffroticosa's Leave
The large leaves of the Simpoh Air were used to wrap food such as tempeh (fermented soyabean cakes), or formed into shallow cones to contain traditional "fast food" such as rojak as well as being used to wrap cooked rice.
The Simpoh Air sends out very deep tap roots to reach underground water sources. So much so that their presence suggests an underground water source, and some people use the plant as a guide to decide where to dig a well. The timber is not useful because it is twisted and very hard.
Traditional medicinal uses of Dillenia Suffroticosa
Simpoh Air is used to staunch bleeding wounds, and the fruit pulp may be used to wash the hair (Brunei).
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