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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Bunga raya~

Hibiscus _0245_p by walism.
Hibiscus (pronounced /hɨˈbɪskəs/[2] or /haɪˈbɪskəs/[3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is quite large, containing about 200–220 species that are native to warm, temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis adalah bunga kebangsaan Malaysia, dikenali sebagai Bunga Raya. Selepas mencapai kemerdekaan, Kementerian Pertanian telah diarah mencadangkan bunga yang sesuai untuk dipilih sebagai bunga kebangsaan. Pada akhir pada tahun 1958 Kementerian Pertanian telah mencadangkan tujuh jenis bunga untuk dipilih sebagai Bunga Kebangsaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. Bunga yang dicadangkan adalah Bunga Kenanga, Bunga Raya, Bunga Melur, Bunga Teratai, Bunga Mawar, Bunga Cempaka dan Bunga Tanjung. Selepas perbincangan, pada 28 Julai 1960, Bunga Raya telah diisytiharkan sebagai Bunga Kebangsaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. Apabila Tanah Melayu bergabung dengan Singapura, Sabah dan Sarawak untuk menubuh Malaysia, Bunga Raya terus diguna sebagai bunga kebangsaan..

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is the Malaysia's national flower. called as bunga Raya. After the independence, the Ministry of Agriculture was instructed to recommend the suitable flower to be the national flower. The flowers that was suggested was bunga kenanga, bunga raya, bunga melur Bunga Teratai, Bunga Mawar, Bunga Cempaka dan Bunga Tanjung. After discussion on the 28 july 1960, bunga raya (the hibiscus) was selected. Then when Peninsular Malaya, Sabah Sarawak joined to form Malaysia, Bunga Raya remained as the national flower.

The species hibiscus rosa-sinensis was chosen out of seven other flowers to be the national flower of Malaysia. The reason is that the folks privileged to make this choice thought its five petals can be used to symbolize Rukunegara or the five principles of nationhood...

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