Nature Club Bukit Jalil

Durian & Pak Choy by P, 7yo

There are many pitaya (dragon fruit) farms in Sepang area, here are photos from a visit to HL Farm . Pitaya tree Young pitaya fruit Fruit can grow from each sharp thorns

Sweet potatoes have many vitamins & minerals. Sprouting Japanese sweet potato. Photo by Ashley Sweet potato by K, 9yo Sweet potato & tomato by J, 9yo 

What's your favourite tomato dish? Mine is pizza. This tomato was planted from a seed. After a few days, it sprouted. A few months later, it started to flower. Yellow small flowers with 5 petals. I hand-pollinated the flowers using a cotton bud. One week later, small green fruits start to form. It takes around 1 month to mature into red ripe tomatoes. Tomatoes are fruits and not vegetables. The largest tomato in the world weighs around the same as a newborn baby ~3kg. The smallest tomato in the world is the size of a saga seed. Green tomatoes Ripening orange/red tomato Tomato by BlueBeautiful, 9yo Tomato by PinkPrincess, 10yo

In Malaysia, we have more than 100 cultivars. Today we ate pisang rastali, it is small and sweet with white creamy flesh. The leaves are wide & long & smooth, we can use it to wrap nian gao, nasi lemak, banana leaf rice. We can also fry the bananas for pisang goreng. Banana by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Ladies fingers, also known as okra grows well in Malaysia. The okra was cut open using a metal ruler & we saw many white round seeds with sticky stuff inside. Below stamping of a okra slice, makes a nice flower pattern. Ladies Fingers by PinkPrincess, 10yo Okra by BlueBeautiful, 8yo Okra plant Okra flower

C-O-C-O-N-U-T C-O-C-O-N-U-T C-O-C-O-N-U-T C-O-C-O-N-U-T COCONUT COCONUT Coconuts are so useful! The leaves can be used to make ketupat & the juice is delicious.  Coconut by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Basil seeds make a delicious drink. On that day, a red ladybird landed on my leg. The ladybird looks soooooooooooo cute. ~ PinkPrincess Basil by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Calamansi also known as limau kasturi, makes a refreshing drink. Grows easily in Malaysia. It likes sunny weather. Calamansi by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Mulberries grow easily in Malaysia. If you prune it, it will grow fast & have more berries. Mulberry by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Bukit Jalil was a rubber plantation area, so we found several rubber trees near the playground area. Rubber leaves have a distinctive 3-leaf pattern. Rubber latex is one of Malaysia's major exports. Latex can be used to make rubber balls, it is a white stretchy sap. Rubber seed by PinkPrincess, 10yo Rubber seed by BlueBeautiful, 8yo