FHU3209 Agroforestry (Semester 2, Session 2017/2018) Agroforestry News (May 2018) | Page 8

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overview of

bamboo

Matag Coconut

Ginger

turmeric

Sweet potato

Species : Dendrocalamus strictus

Common Name : male bamboo, solid bamboo, buloh batu

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Spermatophyta

Subphylum: Angiospermae

Class: Monocotyledonae

Family : Poaceae

Harvesting cycle : 6 years

Species : Cocos nucifera matag

A hybrid species of Malayan Yellow Dwarf of Malayan Red Dwarf with Tagnanan from Phillippines

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum : Spermatophyta

Subphylum: Angiosperms

Class: Monocots

Family: Arecaceae

Harvesting cycle : Annually after 3 years of establishment

Species : Ipomoea batatas

Common Name : Sweet potato, ubi keledek

Kingdom : Plantae

Phylum : Spermatophyta

Subphylum : Angiosperms

Class : Eudicots

Order : Solanales

Family : Convolvulaceae

Harvesting cycle : 8 to 10 months