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Hoya wrayi

Hoya wrayi King & Gamble is one of 25 species of Hoya (Apocynaceae) recorded from Peninsular Malaysia.

Mr. Ong Poh Teck • 23 December 2011 • 19961 views

Cabomba aquatica has a green stem with submerged filiform leaves and also has peltate, broadly elliptic to oval leaves that are 5–20 by 4–15 mm with an entire margin and they are green above and are often deep magenta beneath.

Mrs. Siti Munirah Mat Yunoh • 23 November 2011 • 19606 views

Begonia foxworthyi

Sir Henry Nicholas Ridley named this begonia species in honour of its discoverer, Dr. F. W. Foxworthy, who was the first chief research officer of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Malaya. (It is now named the Forest Research Institute Malaysia ...

25 September 2011 • 19222 views

Tetrameles nudiflora

In Latin, nudus means naked while flos means flower, which refers to the flowers of T. nudiflorawhich lack petals.

Mrs. Syahida Emiza Suhaimi • 19 December 2008 • 19811 views

Capparis micracantha DC.

Capparis is the largest genus of the Capparaceae and includes about 250 tropical and subtropical species, half of which occur in the New World.

Dr. Avelinah Julius & Mrs. Rafidah Abdul Rahman • 22 September 2008 • 19273 views

Haniffia cyanescens

Haniffia cyanescens var. cyanescens is a small ginger endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.

Dr. Sam Yen Yen • 26 August 2008 • 19021 views

Habenaria carnea N. E. Brown

Habenaria carnea N. E. Brown belongs to the family Orchidaceae.

Ms. Wendy Yong Sze Yee • 21 August 2008 • 19564 views

Licuala ahlidurii L.G. Saw

Licuala ahlidurii was only described in 1997. The species has a very restricted distribution.

31 May 2008 • 18904 views

Coelostegia griffithii

Coelostegia griffithii is a member of the Bombacaceae or durian family. It is a large tree up to 45 m tall with large plank buttresses up to 3.5 m high.

Mrs. Nadiah Idris • 19 December 2007 • 19496 views

Pentaphylax euryoides

Pentaphylax euryoides a widely distributed species with a range extending from south east China to Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and north and central Sumatra.

Mr. Yao Tze Leong • 30 November 2007 • 19264 views

Didissandra frutescens

The shrub, Didissandra frutescens is a member of the family Gesneriaceae and occurs only in the north – western part of Peninsular Malaysia to which it is endemic.

Mrs. Rafidah Abdul Rahman • 30 November 2007 • 18935 views

Tetramerista glabra

Punah is common name of Tetramerista glabra.

Mr. Lim Chung Lu • 17 August 2007 • 19154 views

Ancistrocladus tectorius

Jejulong akar is the common name for plants of the genus Ancistrocladus of the family Ancistrocladaceae.

Mrs. Siti Munirah Mat Yunoh • 30 July 2007 • 19322 views

Illicium ridleyanum

Illicium ridleyanum is an aromatic plant with scattered ethereal oil cells throughout.

Phoon Sook Ngoh • 10 April 2007 • 18893 views

Dyera costulata

Jelutong is the common name for Dyera of the family Apocynaceae.

Dr. Richard Chung Cheng Kong • 30 March 2007 • 20425 views

Rhodoleia championii Hook .f.

Rhodoleia championii is a member of the Hamamelidaceae or Witch Hazel family.

Ms. Chew Ming Yee • 08 March 2007 • 19583 views

Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.) Roscoe

Alpinia malaccensis var. nobilis is a large ginger between 2 and 4 meters tall. Its long, leafy stems arise from stout rhizomes just below the soil surface, growing close together in large clumps.

Dr. Sam Yen Yen • 03 January 2007 • 19799 views

Johannesteijsmannia magnifica J. Dransf.

Johannesteijsmannia magnifica is one of the most magnificent and elegant palms in our Malaysian rainforests.

Dr. Chan Yoke Mui • 31 July 2006 • 19535 views

Geostachys densiflora Ridl.

Like most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), Geostachys densiflora Ridl.

Mr. Lau Kah Hoo • 07 July 2006 • 18437 views

Pneumatopteris callosa (Blume) Nakai

This strange fern, previously known as Cyclosorus dicranogramma (v.A.v.R) Ching, is one of the little oddities of the Cameron Highlands, the only location in Peninsular Malaysia from which it has been recorded.

Gary W. Theseira • 05 May 2006 • 19018 views

Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.

Scaevola taccada is a member of the Goodeniaceae family, comprising about 10 genera, most of which are Australian.

Gary W. Theseira • 17 March 2006 • 19192 views

Hopea bilitonensis P.S. Ashton

Hopea bilitonensis is a small, smooth-barked, tree species with stilt roots.

07 February 2006 • 19815 views

Henckelia primulina (Ridl.) A. Weber

This charming Henckelia has thus far been officially recorded from just one site, the Klang Gates Quartzite Ridge in Gombak, Selangor.

03 January 2006 • 18908 views

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