Hello everyone! Today I want to share to all of you about our latest trip and it is really awesome!
Last week on 17th October, we have enjoyed our trip to Hutan Simpan Ayer Hitam, Puchong. It is a pleasure to our beloved lecturer, Dr Shahrim that always give his students an opportunity to see the beautiful of the world that other students can feel.
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| Our class @SISFEC! #sing |
So, during in there, we have an activity which is Jungle Trekking that was guided by SISFEC's staff and we have been introduced to a several kind of forest herbs by him that can be use either in cooking or as a medicine and we are really enjoy it. Here is the lists of the forest herbs that we have known there :
1. Pucuk Putat
Function : It been used as one type of Ulam in Malay traditional menu. It is also to kill the toxin that caused by "getah hitam" that have in several trees in the jungle.
2. Serai Kayu
Function : Act as the medicine for diabetes, diarhea and high blood pressure. It also can be as Ulam that served with Nasi Kerabu and Laksam.
3. Daun Getah / Buah Getah
Function : Buah getah - Act as the cover of Tapai that was fermented for a several period of time.
Buah getah - Can be use for making a "Kuih Bingka"
4. Rotan
Function : Can be use in hand craft making like chair, table and many more.
5. Senduduk Bulu / Senduduk Putih
Function : It can be use as the medicine to stop the bleeding.
6. Pecah Kelambu(female)
Function : It can be use to overhaul/service your body after a long use. Usually, it is a traditional herbs that have been used by the old people before they get married.
7. Pucuk andung / Delik
Function : It can be use as Ulam.
8. Janggut Adam
Function : It can be use as the medicine to relieve the swelling.
9. Pokok Bayas
Function : Umbut Pokok Bayas can be use to make a kerabu or in other cooking recipe. The stalk of this tree have been used as the poles of the jetty in the offshore because it really hard to be frostbite.
10. Pakis Hutan
Function : Pakis hutan is one material that been used in making of Bubur Sarawak.
11. Kaduk Hutan
Function : It can be use in cooking as an Ulam.
It also can be use as medicine to treat a constipation, teeth pain, and malarian fever.
Other activity :
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| Jeram Kelawar |
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| Rilex |
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| SISFEC |
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So, thats all that we have learned at Hutan Simpan Ayer Hitam and we have enjoyed all the moment to take this opportunity to learned a little thing that we must know as our knowledge. Thank you! :)
It is really nice to have a gathering and special class like this.
ReplyDeleteand it is also very tiring after climbing the " mountain" for such a long time.
Indeed , the officers there told us a lot of information that is helpful if we go into a jungle. However, it is kinda hard for me to remember all the herbs and all those things. The only thing that i remember is that one of the plants , named Pakis Putih bear small black fruits like berries. The ma cik officer told me that the black berries-like fruit taste sweet just like the black berries and blue berries. She even pick one for me but unfortunately, it is not yet mature and is not edible.
Maybe next time when i see the Pakis Putih, i will try to find a fruit on it.
From this trip, we managed to see variety types of herbs and also know the uses of each herb. What is interesting is that we can see it with the naked eye. In the other hand, we are also able to explore the forest and see the beauty of nature.
ReplyDeletei learnt a lot from this trip...i love this kind of trip..we have a new environment of study on the day..we also have a chance to see and know the types of plant in forest that we do not know before..there are the function and distinction of each of the plants in forest that we can apply in our life by tradition style..we also learnt on how to survive in the forest with all the kind of plants..i hope we will have this kind of trip again at the another place... :)
ReplyDeletenice.. wow.. look like u guys really enjoyed damn much the trip. Unfortunately i can't go because of test,
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I was so happy to have the chance to pay a visit to Hutan Simpan Ayer Hitam at Puchong. I felt very excited and kept looking forward to this trip once I knew we would have our chance to go there. But, I also felt so shocked because, as a Food Service Management Student, why we need to come to this jungle? What is the reason? As for our beloved lecturer, Dr Shahrim, he loves adventurous activities and one of his mottos in this teaching is, we are encouraged to step out of the lecture hall to learn and get closer to the reality, four years of university lifes should not be just be inside the lecture hall. (If I do not stated wrongly)
ReplyDeleteThis reserved forest is the only lowland forest existing naturally in the Klang Valley and Putrajaya area and being loaned to UPM through a long term agreement for 80 years by the Selangor State Government. We departed to this reserved forest at about 8am. This forest was situated about 20 kilometres to the north of UPM. Thus, within an hour, we reached the awesome place. After having our breakfast and lecture in the lecture hall, we went to meet the ranger. Our journey started at about 9.30am.
I was so excited once I stepped in the forest. Every tree has its own name. There were a lot of different plants and herbs along the trail. Pucuk putat was one of the plants which can be used to prepare ulam. It also can help to relieve itchiness. For those jungle trackers, this kind of natural plant is very useful to them. The second plant was Serai kayu which also can be used as part of the ingredients in ulam and also relieve itchiness. We also saw many tall rattan trees in this forest. Rattan can be used to make furniture, handicraft. Besides, we also saw a lot of mushrooms such as ling zhi mushrooms which grow at the tree trunks. Ranger also introduced to us the plant namely senduduk bulu which believed can stop the excessive bleeding. The fifth plant was pucuk andung which was also one of the ingredients in the preparation of ulam too. The sixth plant was janggut adam which was believed can reduce the risk of stroke, hypertention, diabetes, migraine and asthma. The seventh plant was pokok bayas. It was believed that the “umbut” of this tree was high in antioxidants. Thus, it can help to make a person looks younger. The eighth plant was pakis hutan. It can be used to prepare Bubur Sarawak. Besides, we also learnt about the kaduk hutan which can be used to prepare ulam as well as in for medicine purpose.
We have been told that this forest is unique as it has retained the history of Orang Asli settlements and recorded the history of Second World War. This is such an amazing trip, not just enhance our knowledges in plants and herbs, it also strengthen the bond between coursemates and also lecturer. Back to the nature is such a good activity and I strongly hope that this kind of activity can be organised during the upcoming semesters.
It was truly a great experience that I could have a chance to step into Hutan Simpan Ayer Itam at Puchong. It was indeed a good activity to have a jungle trekking activity like this because we can learn many things beyond what is included in the textbook. Under the guidance of a ranger and an officer at that place, we were introduced to many kinds of herbs and plants that are available along the track. There are several types of herbs and plants being introduced for instance, pucuk putat, serai kayu, rattan, senduduk bulu, pucuk andung, janggut adam, pokok bayas, pakis hutan and last but not least kaduk hutan. The function of all these herbs and plants are mainly in medicine purpse yet, some of these herbs can be the ingredients in preparing foods as mentioned by Faiz and Suat Yi on the comments above. Thus, through this activity, I have learned about many types of local herbs that are available and useful to us. On the other hand, the bonding between all of our members are getting closer which is undeniable and I really hope that this kind of activity can be carried out again in the future. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGood experience at SISFEC
ReplyDeleteLearning many thing about nature. I hope next time at melaka we can learn more about many thing include food,culture,and others.
Good job!!!
It is such a nice experience. I am really happy. This trip gives us knowledge, not about our course only, but also about the herbs which existed in the SISFEC forest. Besides, it is such a wonderful experience to visit SISFEC as we could release our tension while enjoying the nature. Thanks a lot to everyone.
ReplyDeleteindeed, it was an awesome experience. i and my friends got to know many new things especially about herbs and plants which most of the names i never heard and i don't even know about its existence. i was amazed because most of the herbs has cure power which could relieve some disease. other than that, some of the plants and herbs also can be use in cooking for example, nasi ulam which use pucuk putat and daun sekentut.
ReplyDeletelast but not least, it is undeniable that this trip have brought us closer and tighten our bonding among ourselves. this kind of activity can be carry out in the future.
Trip to SISFEC,
ReplyDeleteWe had learned a lot of thing from this trip. In the jungle, also contain many kind of herb which is suitable or not suitable to eat. From that we are given some knowledge about herbs that we do not know before this. From the herbs, we will expose with many kind of food to producing or make it as our menus in home. The herbs also can make medicine for people. For example, “pecah kelambu”, the function is it can be used to overhaul/service your body after a long use. Usually, it is traditional herb that has been used by the old people before they get married.
Besides herbs, it also has the river for people or students for a rest or bath. The river is clean and near from the river also have place of “orang asli” that stayed in the jungle. This is my first time was came the SISFEC, to see the one of the property owned by UPM. Thanks to those involved with this trip.
For once, I know this is going to be a wonderful trip. Unfortunately, i could not make it that time because of my own excuse. But well, thanks to our lecturer, Dr Shahrim from bringing we all to SISFEC. i can see from the uploaded pictures that everyone were doing good. Really enjoy the trip maybe. And to be able to discover the nature, new knowledge about herbs and experienced it by yourself is something awesome. everyone, you did great job! congrats..:)
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