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Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae)

The leaves are simple, quite thick, shiny and dark green, while the young shoots are brown and rough. They are alternate and spirally arranged at the end of the branch. Matured leaves, 3.5-15 cm long and 1.5-7 cm wide, are ovoid and tapered at the en...

Mrs. Syazwani Binti Azeman • 29 February 2024 • 427 views

Sonerila griffithii C.B.Clarke (Melastomataceae)

Sonerila griffithii C.B.Clarke is a rare species originally described from Gunung Ledang, Johor. This is due to the fact that it is currently only known to occur from Kedah and Johor, which is the type locality. However, its global distribut...

Dr. Avelinah Julius & Siti Eisya Nabiha Damahuri • 31 January 2024 • 812 views

Ploiarium alternifolium (Bonnetiaceae)

Ploiarium alternifolium usually grows up to 10 m and rarely to 25 m tall, and the trunk diameter is 10-15 cm, depending on the locality. Plants growing in the river can grow only up to a height of 0.3 m, but those in swamps on peaty soil can...

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 15 December 2023 • 1417 views

Piper sarmentosum Roxb. (Piperaceae)

Scientifically known as Piper sarmentosum, this plant is one of the climbing herbs in the Piperaceae family. The genus name Piper is pepper in Latin, and sarmentosum refers to the long slender twigs of this species...

Ms. Nur Asma Fatin Umirah Binti Mahmud, Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli & Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 31 October 2023 • 2088 views

Begonia herveyana King

Begonia is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the family Begoniaceae. It is a large and diverse group of plants with over 2,000 species and 10,000 hybrid and cultivar varieties, making it one of the largest genera of flowering plant...

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 16 October 2023 • 2075 views

Vallaris glabra (L) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)

Vallaris glabra is a large climber that thrives in well-drained soils with full sunlight. The flowers bloom in the morning, producing a fragrant scent similar to pandan leaves mixed with burnt rice. The strong scent is beli...

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli & Aida Hidayah • 31 August 2023 • 2078 views

Agropsar sturninus (Pallas, 1776)

Agropsar sturninus, commonly known as the Daurian starling or Purple-backed starling, is a fascinating small bird in the Family Sturnidae. This species is known to inhabit secondary forests, forest edges, open areas and plantations including...

Ms. Anis Zafirah Binti Zam Beri & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 31 July 2023 • 1578 views

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 • 4288 views

Globba fragilis S.N. Lim (Zingiberaceae)

Globba fragilis is a small-sized ginger from the semi-evergreen rain forests in the northwest of Peninsular Malaysia. Its Latin name ‘fragilis’ means fragile, referring to the petite look of the plant. The plant was firs...

Dr. Sam Yen Yen • 30 November 2022 • 7216 views

Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B.Rob. (Rhizophoraceae)

This ‘tangar semak’ or scientifically named Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B.Rob. is another species of Ceriops that occurs in Peninsular Malaysia.

Ms. Munira Mohd Sazali & Dr. Avelinah Julius • 31 October 2022 • 7647 views

Donax canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum. (Marantaceae)

Locally, D. canniformis is known as ‘bemban’ (Ridley & Curtis, 1902). In Malay culture, the rhizomes of bemban are traditionally used to cure shingles (Ibrahim & Amalina, 2007).

Ms. Nur Liyana Hazwani Shahdani & Dr. Avelinah Julius • 14 October 2022 • 8092 views

Mycetia malayana (G.Don) Craib (Rubiaceae)

This ‘coffee family’ is the fourth biggest flowering plant family comprised of 611 genera and more than 13,150 species around the world.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 15 July 2022 • 8152 views

Ceriops decandra (Griff.) W.Theob (Rhizophoraceae)

Ceriops decandra is a medium to big sized tree reaching 15 to 35 m in height with a bole diameter of 30 cm.

Ms. Munira Mohd Sazali & Dr. Avelinah Julius • 31 March 2022 • 9001 views

Urena lobata L. (Malvaceae-Malvoideae)

Urena lobata is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions (POWO, 2021). In certain countries, it is commonly called Congo jute or Caesar's weed and is listed as one of the invasive weeds that spreads fast and displaces nativ...

Ms. Nur Liyana Hazwani Shahdani & Dr. Avelinah Julius • 29 January 2022 • 8504 views

Cycas clivicola K.D. Hill

The epithet for the species clivicola is derived from the Latin words 'clivis' meaning a cliff and 'cola' meaning a dweller as this plant usually grows on cliffs. In 1999, K.D. Hill described Cycas clivicola to two s...

Ms. Fatin Qurratul 'ain Binti Saberam • 16 August 2021 • 8457 views

Cynopterus horsfieldii Gray, 1843

Locally known as Horsfield’s fruit bat, Larger Dog-faced Fruit Bat or Cecadu Pisang Besar in Malay, Cynopterus horsfieldii is a medium-sized plant-visiting bat belonging to the family Pteropodidae (Tan et al., 1999).

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Dr. Juliana Binti Senawi • 31 December 2020 • 7342 views

Anaxagorea javanica Blume (Annonaceae)

Anaxagorea javanica belongs to the soursop family, Annonaceae and is commonly known as Twin-seed because it usually has two seeds in each fruitlet.

Aliaa Athirah Adam Malek & Ms. Ummul Nazrah Abdul Rahman • 30 November 2018 • 6432 views

Hoya elliptica Hook. f. (Apocynaceae)

Hoya elliptica was first described by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1883 and it is named after its characteristic elliptic leaves.

Shahid Bin Dzayuddin & Mrs. Syahida Emiza Suhaimi • 31 October 2018 • 6781 views

Nepenthes gracilis Korthals

Nepenthes gracilis was formally described by Pieter Willem Korthals in his 1839 monograph ‘Over het geslacht Nepenthes’ (Korthals, 1839). The epithet ‘gracilis’ is derived from Latin, meaning thin an...

Mrs. Nadiah Idris • 30 August 2018 • 6611 views

Micromelum hirsutum and M. minutum (Rutaceae)

Rutaceae is known as an aromatic plant family because of the scent of its volatile oils found in the superficial pellucid gland dots (Brummit, 2007).

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 31 July 2018 • 5776 views

Pothos macrocephalus Scort. ex Hook. f. (Araceae)

Pothos, with 70 species, belongs to the aroid family (Araceae).

Ahmad Syahir Zaini & Mrs. Syahida Emiza Suhaimi • 29 June 2018 • 5157 views

Hylarana erythraea (Schlegel, 1837)

Hylarana erythraea or Green Paddy Frog is a common true frog in the family Ranidae. It is also known as Red-eared Greenback because of the colour of its tympanum.

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 30 March 2018 • 7019 views

Balanophora papuana Schltr.

Balanophora papuana is a herbaceous plant that is widespread throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and the archipelago of islands stretching from Sumatera to New Guinea.

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 15 December 2016 • 5870 views

Sesamum radiatum Schumach. & Thonn.

Sesamum radiatum Schumach. & Thonn. is a flowering plant that belongs to the family Pedaliaceae and is the same genus as sesame (S. indicum), known in Malay as bijan.

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 31 October 2016 • 5013 views

Heterostemma piperifolium King & Gamble

Heterostemma piperifolium is a twining plant from the family Apocynaceae.

Dr. Sam Yen Yen • 27 April 2015 • 3242 views

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