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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 • 34053 views

Abavorana luctuosa (Peters, 1871)

Abavorana luctuosa, also known as Mahogany Frog or Purple Frog is one of many amphibians found in Malaysia.

Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 30 November 2017 • 32703 views

Codonoboea malayana (Hook.f.) Kiew

Dubbed as the ‘Malayan Cowslip’, Codonoboea malayana is one of the most beautiful native forest dicotyledonous herbs with its large nodding yellow flowers.

Mr. Yao Tze Leong • 24 November 2015 • 29813 views

Bauhinia bassacensis Pierre ex Gagnep. var. bassacensis

Usually the Bauhinia species we see in the wild or cultivated have red, pink, purple, orange, yellow or white flowers, but the flowers of B. bassacensis are greenish white.

Dr. Avelinah Julius • 18 February 2013 • 30088 views

Stereospermum fimbriatum (Wall. ex G. Don) A. DC.

Bignoniaceae is a well-known family that gives us many ornamental trees, shrubs or climbers with some fascinating and showy flowers of different of colours from a striking orange, yellow or purple to pale pink or white.

Dr. Avelinah Julius • 30 April 2012 • 28958 views

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