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Koompassia malaccensis Maingay

Koompassia malaccensis, commonly known as "Kempas,” comes from the Leguminosae family which is also known as the Fabaceae. It is a huge tropical timber species common in Sumatera, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Kalimantan...

Mr. Abdullah Razin Bin Rofli • 30 May 2025 • 9421 views

Dipterocarpus rigidus Ridl.

Dipterocarpus rigidus, locally known as “Keruing cogan” in Peninsular Malaysia and “Keruing utap” in Sarawak, is a tree species from the Dipterocarpaceae family. The name rigidus means stiff, referring to the leaf bla...

Mrs. Syahida Emiza Suhaimi & Ms. Nur Farra Alisya Binti Ahmed Shamrizan • 28 February 2025 • 14458 views

Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Fejervarya cancrivora, commonly known as the Crab-eating frog, belongs to the family Dicroglossidae (Nadia et al., 2020). It is also known as the Asian brackish frog, Mangrove frog and “Katak paya bakau” in Mala...

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Ms. Nurfitri Ezatie Binti Yusoff • 29 November 2024 • 21226 views

Nephelium lappaceum L.

Rambutan, scientifically known as Nephelium lappaceum, comes from the root word ‘rambut’ in Malay which means hair, due to its hairy fruits. It is native to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo (including Sabah and Sarawak), the Sumatera ...

Ms. Nur Asma Fatin Umirah Binti Mahmud, Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli & Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 15 July 2024 • 23721 views

PARASITIC CYMOTHOIDS: A FISH’S NIGHTMARE

The above parasitic “tongue biter” is Cymothoa eremita collected from the host Nemipterus furcosus. The first collected specimen was from Malaysian waters (in Sarawak) by Anand et al. (2015, 20...

Dr. Melissa Beata Martin • 31 May 2023 • 24456 views

Vatica odorata (Griff). Symington

Vatica odorata, a member of the Dipterocarpaceae, is known by the locals in Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak as Resak ranting kesat.

Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw • 20 November 2020 • 25381 views

Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758

The Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus or gajah in Malay, occurs in both Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah but is not found in Sarawak.

Ms. Ajla Rafidah Baharom & Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw • 28 February 2017 • 23603 views

Shorea hemsleyana (King) King ex Foxw. (Dipterocarpaceae)

Shorea hemsleyana is known by locals as cengal pasir daun besar or meranti daun besar.

Siti Fariezza Khairi Thaw • 31 August 2016 • 23254 views

Pteleocarpa lamponga (Miq.) Bakh ex K.Heyne

Tembusu tikusis recommended as a suitable shade tree and for landscaping.

Mrs. Rafidah Abdul Rahman • 27 July 2015 • 21111 views

Dipterocarpus sarawakensis Slooten.

Dipterocarpus sarawakensis Sloot. (Dipterocarpaceae) is distributed from Terengganu to Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan in Borneo.

Ms. Wendy Yong Sze Yee • 10 December 2012 • 20327 views

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

Barringtonia asiatica can grow to 30 m tall and 1 m diameter but more usually is 7–20 m tall.

Dr. Ruth Kiew • 26 June 2012 • 20281 views

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