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Shorea sumatrana (Sloot. ex Thorenaar) Sym. ex Desch. (Dipterocarpaceae)

A species, Shorea sumatrana is distributed from Sumatra, Peninsular Thailand, and Peninsular Malaysia. Hence, the species epithet, sumatrana refers to Sumatra, which was one of the locations where this plant was found (Flora & F...

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 28 February 2023 • 25705 views

Byttneria maingayi Mast. (Malvaceae)

Byttneria maingayi is distributed in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Singapore. In Peninsular Malaysia, it has been recorded from Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Johor.

Ms. Munira Mohd Sazali & Dr. Avelinah Julius • 17 January 2022 • 27224 views

Goniothalamus curtisii King (Annonaceae)

Goniothalamus with c. 16 species is one of the largest genera of the family Annonaceae (mempisang in Malay) recorded in Peninsular Malaysia.

Mrs. Rafidah Abdul Rahman • 15 August 2016 • 21299 views

Maingaya malayana Oliv. (Hamamelidaceae)

The genus Maingaya is monotypic and was named after Alexander Caroll Maingay, the magistrate stationed in Melaka during the 1860s.

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 15 June 2016 • 22532 views

Durio griffithii (Mast.) Bakh.

Durio griffithii (Mast.) Bakh. formerly included in the Bombacaceae is currently placed in the family Malvaceae subfam. Helicteroideae-Durioneae.

25 May 2014 • 20939 views

Maingaya malayana Oliv.

Maingaya is a monotypic genus endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.

Ms. Chew Ming Yee • 23 November 2012 • 21685 views

Durio malaccensis Planch. ex Mast.

This species is known as durian batang, durian daun or durian tong (in Malay) and mostly found in lowland forests besides rocky streams or on ridges and hillslopes up to 1,000 m above sea level.

Ms. Ummul Nazrah Abdul Rahman & Mrs. Nadiah Idris • 14 November 2012 • 20853 views

Ardisia subverticillata Julius & Utteridge

Ardisia subverticillata is a new addition to the flora of Peninsular Malaysia (Julius & Utteridge, 2012).

03 October 2012 • 19263 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 • 19264 views

Haniffia cyanescens

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

Dr. Sam Yen Yen • 26 August 2008 • 19063 views

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