Flowers in Java
12 pages on its gardens, flowers and customs in Java, Indonesia.
JasmineJasminum
A group of fragrant shrubs and vines with white or yellow star-shaped flowers
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Wildflower
Arabian jasmineJasminum sambac
A small white jasmine with a strong, sweet scent, treasured in Asia for garlands and ceremonies
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Rafflesia
The giant parasitic flower that smells of rotting flesh
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 5 more · Wildflower
Rafflesia patma
A giant, foul-smelling parasitic flower found on Java, Indonesia
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Vireya rhododendronRhododendron sect. Vireya
Tropical rhododendrons of Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands
🇹🇭 Thailand and 5 more · Tropical flower
Beach BarringtoniaBarringtonia asiatica
A coastal tree with fragrant night-blooming flowers and buoyant toxic fruit
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 7 more · Flowering tree
Java plumSyzygium cumini
A massive tropical shade tree with fragrant spring flowers and tart purple fruit
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree
KapokCeiba pentandra
A colossal tropical canopy tree bearing night-blooming flowers and silky seed down
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 9 more · Flowering tree
Indian SandalwoodSantalum album
A fragrant tropical tree whose blossoms shift from white to orange as they mature
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 6 more · Flowering tree
Vegetable hummingbirdSesbania grandiflora
A fast-growing tropical tree known across South and Southeast Asia for its edible blooms
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 7 more · Flowering tree
CubebPiper cubeba
A peppery vine grown for its pungent dried berries
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 5 more · Herb or useful flower
Greater galangalAlpinia galanga
A ginger-family plant whose pungent rhizome flavors Southeast Asian dishes
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Herb or useful flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Jasmine: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beach Barringtonia: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rafflesia: Maizal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rafflesia patma: Hong Zhang ( jennyzhh2008 ), CC0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vireya rhododendron: Ben Cody, Public domain, source
- Java plum: abhiriksh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kapok: Klaus Schönitzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indian Sandalwood: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vegetable hummingbird: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cubeb: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Greater galangal: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, source