THE BALURAN NATIONAL PARK

Blue Dadap

Beside fauna, the Baluran National Park also accomodates a variety of flora that are preserved, and protected by law. In this area, there are 422 species of flora, from 87 familia. One of these, and a specific local plant, is the "Blue Dadap" that grows around the Talpat spring. This beautiful Dadap bears a blue flower that is 1.5 metres in diameter, and can attain a height of almost 17 metres.

Besides the Blue Dadap, the other species of flora are pokem, alang-alang, rumput lamuran, pilang, and the kesambi-which is specify dry area plant, that grows around savana deserts. Besides that, there is also a lot of kempo, asam, walukukun, and kemiri growing here.

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