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Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Troides helena, locally known as the Common Birdwing, with its distinctive black and yellow wings, is among the most beautiful butterflies in Malaysia.

Mrs. Aziemah Binti Kinan • 10 October 2020 • 35493 views

Firmiana malayana Kosterm. (Malvaceae)

Firmiana malayana is commonly known as mata lembu in Malay or Bullock’s Eye in English.

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 30 September 2020 • 34645 views

Spongispora temasekensis G. Wu, S.M.L. Lee, E. Horak & Zhu L. Yang 2018

Spongispora is a new boletoid genus of the Boletaceae with Spongispora temasekensis as the type species (Wu et al., 2018; Index Fungorum, 2020).

Mr. Mohd Salleh Sanusi, Mrs. Thi Bee Kin & Mrs. Patahayah Mansor • 15 September 2020 • 33825 views

Attacus atlas – Atlas Moth

The Atlas Moth, known scientifically as Attacus atlas, belongs to the family of the giant silkworm moth, Saturniidae.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 28 August 2020 • 42077 views

Dipterocarpus costulatus Slooten

Dipterocarpus costulatus is known by locals as keruing kipas. Keruing is the vernacular name for the genus Dipterocarpus while kipas is the Malay word for fan.

Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw • 14 August 2020 • 34604 views

Climacodon sanguineus (Beeli) Maas Geest.

Climacodon sanguineus belongs to the family Meruliaceae, order Polyporales in the phylum Basidiomycota.

Mrs. Thi Bee Kin, Mr. Mohd Salleh Sanusi & Noorsiha Ayop • 30 July 2020 • 34152 views

Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822) (Moonrat)

Despite its appearance and name, the moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura) is not closely related to rats or other rodents.

Syaridzwan. M & Alwani. N. Z. • 15 July 2020 • 34954 views

Garcinia prainiana King. (Clusiaceae)

Known as cerapu or mencupu in Malay, Garcinia prainiana is a small tree up to 10 m tall, in the family Clusiaceae.

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 30 June 2020 • 34792 views

Naja sumatrana (Müller, 1890)

Naja sumatrana is more commonly known as the Sumatran Cobra (Das, 2015). It is in the Family Elapidae and is also called the Equatorial Spitting Cobra (Ecology Asia, 2019; Grismer et al., 2012).

Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Mr. Kaviarasu Munian, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Mrs. Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria • 29 May 2020 • 35234 views

Aglaia korthalsii Miq. (Meliaceae)

Commonly known as kriah, sekriah or keriat in Malay, Aglaia korthalsii is a member of the family Meliaceae, which includes some common species such as sentul (Sandoricum koetjape) and sentang (...

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 30 April 2020 • 33706 views

Johannesteijsmannia lanceolata J. Dransf.

Malaysia has an estimated 28 genera of palms and Johannesteijsmannia is one of the most magnificent.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 31 March 2020 • 34097 views

Coelostegia montana Sidiyasa

Coelostegia is a small genus in the subfamily Helicteroideae-Durioneae, family Bombacaceae or Malvaceae from western Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra and Borneo).

Mrs. Nadiah Idris • 28 February 2020 • 33193 views

Shorea henryana Pierre

Shorea henryana Pierre is one of the 62 Shorea species that occur in Peninsular Malaysia (Chua et al., 2010).

Ms. Nur Razan Faiqah Binti Zahili, Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 31 January 2020 • 33582 views

Dermochelys coriacea Vandelli, 1761

Sea turtles, also called marine turtles, are well-known sea creatures that have lived on earth for more than 100 million years. There are seven species of sea turtles in the world and four of them nest in Malaysia (Kemf et al., 2000).

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Dr. Chen Pelf Nyok • 31 December 2019 • 35325 views

Chaperina fusca Mocquard 1892

Chaperina fusca, commonly known as the Saffron-bellied frog, is a terrestrial amphibian in the family Microhylidae and was first described from Sintang, Borneo by F. Mocquard in 1892 (Mocquard, 1892).

Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin, Mr. Kaviarasu Munian, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Mrs. Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria • 29 November 2019 • 33283 views

Argyreia maingayi (C.B.Clarke) Hoogland

The genus Argyreia derived from Greek, "argyreios" meaning silvery, refers to the shiny hairs on the underside of the leaves of some species and the epithet name "maingayi" refers to Alexander Carroll Ma...

Mrs. Nadiah Idris • 31 October 2019 • 33075 views

Trachypithecus obscurus (Reid, 1837)

The Spectacled Leaf Langur or Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) is known as Lotong bercelak in Malaysia.

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman • 30 September 2019 • 36309 views

Caryota mitis Lour.

Caryota mitis is a slow-growing, understorey palm that can be found in India and Southeast Asia, including Malaysia.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 30 August 2019 • 33577 views

Rhacophorus norhayatiae Chan and Grismer, 2010

Norhayati’s Gliding Frog or Rhacophorus norhayatiae is an arboreal tree frog that can be widely found in Peninsular Malaysia.

Ms. Nur Athirah Binti Fauzi, Mr. Kaviarasu Munian, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman, Mrs. Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria & Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi • 31 July 2019 • 34098 views

Zosterops palpebrosus Temminck, 1824

The Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) is a relatively small bird measuring 10.5-11 cm long, in the Zosteropidae family.

Mrs. Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman, Mr. Kaviarasu Munian & Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi • 30 June 2019 • 32986 views

Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. (Sapindaceae)

Lepisanthes rubiginosa, commonly known as mertajam in Malay, is a shrub or small tree from the family Sapindaceae.

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 31 May 2019 • 33709 views

Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. (Meliaceae)

Sandoricum koetjape, locally known as sentul, is a common species recorded throughout Peninsular Malaysia.

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 30 April 2019 • 32938 views

Platycerium coronarium (Konig ex Muller) Desv. (Polypodiaceae)

Platycerium coronarium is one of the largest ferns in the family Polypodiaceae.

Mrs. Syahida Emiza Suhaimi & Ahmad Syahir Zaini • 31 March 2019 • 35673 views

Gnetum gnemon L. (Gnetaceae)

Gnetum gnemon is an evergreen tropical tree from the family Gnetaceae which is grouped under the Gymnosperms together with conifers, cycads and ginkgo.

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 28 February 2019 • 36458 views

Dryobalanops rappa Becc. (Dipterocarpaceae)

Dryobalanops rappa is one of seven camphor species belonging to the family Dipterocarpaceae.

Mrs. Syahida Emiza Suhaimi & Ahmad Syahir Zaini • 31 January 2019 • 33691 views