KELADI LAMBUK

 Keladi lambuk yang ditanam di Taman Herba Batu Gajah.  Lambuk atau kemumu ini seakan-akan keladi, cuma warnanya agak hijau kebiruan. Biasanya pelepah daunnya dijadikan sayur.  Makanan ini jadi kegemaran orang kampung.  Batang lambuk ini dipotong pendek dan dijadikan ulam.

FRUITING MAHKOTA DEWA PLANT

During our visit to the Taman Herba in Batu Gajah, Puan Kamariah and I saw this Mahkota Dewa plant with lots of beautiful red fruits.  For your information, the fruit cannot be taken raw as it is poisonous.  It needs to be processed first before it can be consumed.

VERSI BAHASA MELAYU
Semasa Puan Kamariah dan saya melawat Taman Herba di Batu Gajah, kami nampak pokok Mahkota Dewa yang sedang berbuah.  Terdapat banyak buah merah yang cantik. Untuk pengetahuan semua, buah ini tidak boleh dimakan terus dari pokok kerana beracun.  Ianya perlu diproses dahulu.

VISITING THE HERB GARDEN IN BATU GAJAH

I had made plans with my friend Puan Kamariah and her husband, Encik Khairy to visit the Herb Garden in Batu Gajah this week. This was the first visit for Encik Khairy. As for me this was the umpteenth visit as I enjoy looking at all the herbs found there. Puan Kamariah too had been to this place before. Unfortunately we felt rather disappointed as quite a number of the plants had died and the labels for some of them were faded and there were a few of the plants that were labelled wrongly. The place was not what it was like during our previous visits. Hopefully, the people in charge would do something to maintain the plants, improve on the labelling and upgrade the facilities.  I will share more pictures the herbs taken during my Herb Garden visit in days to come.

VERSI BAHASA MELAYU
Saya dan kawan-kawan saya, Puan Kamariah dan suaminya, Encik Khairy melawat Taman Herba Batu Gajah pada hari Selasa minggu ini.  Ini merupakan lawatan pertama Encik Khairy.  Manakala Puan Kamariah dan saya pernah ke sana banyak kali.
Pada lawatan kali ini, kami berdua berasa kecewa kerana terdapat pokok-pokok yang mati atau dalam keadaan yang tidak sihat.  Ada pokok yang silap dilabel dan ada label yang sudah rosak.  Tempat itu tidak seperti dahulu.
Adalah harapan kami bahawa pihak pentadbiran Taman Herba Batu Gajah berusaha untuk membuat penambahbaikan kepada tempat ini.
Saya akan berkongsi gambar-gambar herba yang ditangkap semasa lawatan saya dalam beberapa post yang akan datang.

WARGA RUMAH WAWASAN SITIAWAN MELAWAT TAMAN HERBA KOLEJ

 Pada 9 Mac 2013 Taman Herba Kolej Vokasional Seri Manjung dikunjungi oleh 14 penghuni dari Rumah Kebajikan Wawasan Sitiawan.  Mereka diiringi oleh Reverend Dr. Daniel, pengasas rumah kebajikan tersebut.
Tujuan lawatan mereka adalah untuk mendapat pengetahuan yang lebih tentang jenis-jenis herba yang ditanam di Taman Herba kolej ini.  Pelajar-pelajar ini juga berniat untuk mengadakan satu Taman Herba di kediaman mereka.

ENGLISH VERSION
On 9 March 2013, I received visitors from the Sitiawan Vision Home who had written in to the college administration to visit the Herb Garden.  These 14 children from this welfare home came with Reverend Dr Daniel, the founder of the Vision Homes in Ipoh, Sitiawan and Teluk Intan.
The purpose of their visit is to gain more knowledge about the herbs here and also they intend to start a herb garden in their Home in the near future.

 Saya dibantu oleh tiga orang rakan sekerja dan 5 orang pengawas pusat sumber.

 Dr Daniel dengan Cikgu Khairah dan Cikgu Siti Mariam yang sudi membantu saya untuk menyambut tetamu  dari Rumah Wawasan.

 Pelajar saya, Izzat Iskandar memberi penerangan tentang herba kepada pelawat.

Sahabat saya, Puan Wong juga datang membantu pada hari Sabtu itu.

BUNGA KIAMBANG

Pada minggu lepas, tiga orang pelajar membantu saya menanam pokok kiambang (pistia stratiotes) di Taman Herba kolej. Pokok ini merupakan sejenis tumbuhan yang habitat sama seperti pokok teratai, hidup segar di kawasan berair. Ia merayap di atas air dan cepat membiak.  Dalam perubatan tradisional, kiambang digunakan untuk merawat luka.

ENGLISH VERSION
Last week three of my students helped me to plant the water lettuce (pistia stratiotes) in the college Herb Garden.  This plant shares the same habitat with the lotus and thrives in water. It floats on the water and breeds easily.  In traditional medicine, it is used to treat wounds.

GIANT HIBISCUS

The hibiscus plant you see above now belongs to me. I was so taken with the giant flower that I had to have it in my garden. The flower seller told me that it was a new species of hibiscus but then I was rather hesitant as the leaves didn't look too much like the ones I know. However, after I looked up the facts from the Internet, I could safely say it is a hibiscus. It goes by the scientific name, Hibiscus moscheutos (Swamp-rose Mallow or Rose mallow) and is a cold-hardy perennial wetland plant that can grow in large colonies.

LINK

VERSI BAHASA MELAYU
Pokok bunga raya di atas baru dibeli saya.  Sebenarnya saya terpikat dengan bunganya yang besar.  Penjual bunga itu memaklumkan bahawa ianya adalah spesis baharu bunga raya tetapi saya masih tidak rasa ragu.  Tetapi bila saya membuat carian di Internet, saya pasti ianya adalah bunga raya.  Nama saintifiknya ialah Hibiscus moscheutos.

BERGOTONG ROYONG MEMBERSIHKAN DAN MENCERIAKAN TAMAN HERBA

Pada waktu petang pelajar-pelajar kolej akan membantu saya membersihkan dan menceriakan taman herba.  Dalam gambar-gambar di atas, pelajar-pelajar membantu mengembur dan membersihkan taman.  Itulah sebab Taman Herba Kolej Vokasional Seri Manjung dalam keadaan elok.

MAJLIS KESYUKURAN TAMAN HERBA

Jawatankuasa Pusat Sumber dan Taman Herba kolej yang saya bekerja telah mengadakan satu Majlis Kesyukuran bersempena penambaikan taman herba yang telah berjalan selama dua bulan.  Ustaz Mohd Fauzi telah dijemput untuk membacakan doa selamat.  Kemudian pensyarah, staf, pelajar dan pekerja pembersihan yang terlibat secara langsung telah dijemput bersama-sama untuk menikmati jamuan ringan.

VISITORS TO HERB GARDEN

I received two guests, Reverend Dr. Daniel Velloo and Mr Nathan from the Vision Home who had specially come to the college to visit the Herb Garden. Dr. Daniel from Word of Life Centre Ipoh is the founder of the Vision Home in Manjung and in Ipoh.

It turned out that the reverend who happened to visit this Taman Herba KVSM blog was a herb enthusiast like me. Well, I was really happy to spend some time sharing about the herbs with him and his friend, Mr Nathan. Unfortunately, the Herb Garden was still undergoing upgrading and so was not in prime condition. A few of the plants had died when we were working on it during the holidays and a few more died when I was away on holiday in Taiwan. Furthermore, the signages and signboard for the herbs that I ordered will only be ready next week. So I was rather disappointed that I could not show my two guests more. Fortunately, Dr Daniel said that he would make another visit at the end of the month.

PANDAN DRINK TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL

I have been getting a bit of advice from my friends and relatives on how to lower my cholesterol level. Some told me to eat oats for breakfast while others told me to cut down on seafood and fried food.
The latest advice came from my Aunt Linda. She told me to drink water that has been boiled with pandan leaves. According to her, the cholesterol level will drop within a week.
So, I went to the market and bought a big bunch of pandan leaves, boiled them and put them in bottles to drink for a week to see if it works. Wish me luck!

PLANTER FROM RECYCLED PIPES

If you happen to have some unused PVC pipes lying around, perhaps you would like to fashion a planter out of them like the creative one I saw at the Vision Home in Sitiawan.

LEEKS AND RADISHES CAN BE REPLANTED

 Leeks (Bawang perai)

Radishes (Lobak putih)

Besides celery and green onions, leeks and radishes can also be re-grown from their cut parts.  

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Selain daripada daun saderi dan daun bawang, bawang perai dan lobak putih boleh juga ditanam semula daripada bahagian yang dipotong.

CABAI BURUNG

NAMA TEMPATAN/COMMON NAME: Cabai burung, Bird's Eye Chilli, Thai Chilli, Cili api, Lada Jarum, Lada Tunggeng
SPESIS/SPECIES:  Capsicum annuum

KEGUNAAN
Selain daripada digunakan untuk memasak, daun serta akar pokok cili padi turut memiliki khasiat tersendiri. Antaranya boleh menyembuhkan bisul, luka, sakit sendi, sengal-sengal otot, bengkak, mengurangkan tekanan darah tinggi serta merawat cirit-birit.

USES

Besides being used for culinary purposes, the leaves and roots of this plant has other uses.  They are used for treating boils, joint pains, wounds, muscle pain, swellings, reducing blood pressure and diarrhoea.
Read more: http://petuasejagat.blogspot.com/2011/06/7-khasiat-pokok-cili-padi.html#ixzz2AOL6N3Lx