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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 • 7989 views

Hopea odorata Roxb. (Dipterocarpaceae)

Hopea odorata, a member of the Dipterocarpaceae, is popularly known locally as Cengal Pasir or Merawan Siput Jantan.

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 16 November 2018 • 9442 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 • 4735 views

Phalaenopsis pulcherrima (Lindl.) J.J. Sm. (Orchidaceae)

Phalaenopsis pulcherrima (Lindl.) J.J. Sm. (formerly known as Doritis pulcherrima Lindl.) is a terrestrial or lithophytic orchid

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 25 November 2015 • 3510 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 • 4072 views

Thottea piscodora T.L.Yao

Thottea piscodora grows in seasonal freshwater swamp. It is a shrub with a woody rootstock that produces several vertical stems growing in a clump.

Mr. Yao Tze Leong • 22 April 2014 • 2504 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 • 3136 views

Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume

Elaeocarpus angustifolius is a common species that is widely distributed from NE India to SE Asia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Pacific islands.

Phoon Sook Ngoh • 28 November 2012 • 3180 views

Vatica scortechinii (King) Brandis.

Resak langgung is the vernacular name for Vatica scortechinii (Dipterocarpaceae)

Mrs. Suhaida Mustafa • 21 November 2012 • 2653 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.

Mrs. Nadiah Idris & Ms. Ummul Nazrah Abdul Rahman • 14 November 2012 • 3531 views

Ardisia subverticillata Julius & Utteridge

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

03 October 2012 • 2289 views

Magnolia pahangensis Noot.

Magnolia pahangensis Noot. (Magnoliaceae) is the rarest magnolia in Peninsular Malaysia, not only is it endemic but it is only known from the type site (Fraser’s Hill, Pahang) and Sungai Tembat, Terengganu.

Dr. Ruth Kiew • 24 July 2012 • 2541 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 • 3078 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 • 2055 views

Licuala ahlidurii L.G. Saw

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

31 May 2008 • 1890 views

Tetramerista glabra

Punah is common name of Tetramerista glabra.

Mr. Lim Chung Lu • 17 August 2007 • 2077 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 • 2588 views

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