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Gluta elegans (Wall.) Kurz

Gluta elegans is a tropical tree from the cashew family (Anacardiaceae), distributed across Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Myanmar.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli & Mr. Muhamad Farihan Aqil Bin Aznan • 30 January 2026 • 4386 views

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 • 20431 views

Aquilaria hirta Ridl.

Aquilaria hirta is a tree species in the family Thymelaeaceae, locally known as ‘Karas’ or ‘Chandan bulu’ (Hassan et al., 2011). It occurs on the hill slopes of tropical lowland forests (Soehartono, 1999). Th...

Mr. Muhammad Alif Azyraf Bin Azmi • 28 June 2024 • 34089 views

Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.

Gynura procumbens, commonly known as “Sambung nyawa” in Malay or Leaves of the God, is a small, scrambling herbaceous plant from the family Asteraceae (Compositae) (POWO, 2024). “Sambung Nyawa”, which means prolongati...

Ms. Loh Weng Yi & Ms. Siti Nur Fatinah Binti Khairi • 31 May 2024 • 35747 views

Embelia pergamacea A.DC.

Embelia pergamacea grows from the primary lowland to the upper montane forests in Pahang, Perak and Selangor (Dubéarnès et al., 2015).

Ms. Nur Liyana Hazwani Shahdani & Dr. Avelinah Julius • 16 May 2022 • 36819 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 • 37640 views

Odontomachus rixosus Smith, 1857

Odontomachus rixosus Smith, 1857, belongs to the genus Odontomachus, subfamily of Ponerinae and tribe Ponerini (Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014) is a forest species that widely distributed throughout tropical Asia and can be found in t...

Mrs. Auni Atikah & Mrs. Nur Zati Akma Mustafa • 15 December 2021 • 37348 views

Cratoxylum cochinchinense (Lour.) Blume (Hypericaceae)

The family Hypericaceae comprises eight genera and 400 species distributed in temperate and tropical regions.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli & Sarah Binti Haizam • 30 November 2020 • 36903 views

Gnetum gnemon L. (Gnetaceae)

Gnetum gnemon is an evergreen tropical tree from the family Gnetaceae which is grouped under the Gymnosperms together with conifers, cycads and ginkgo.

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 28 February 2019 • 36603 views

Dysoxylum cauliflorum Hiern.

Meliaceae is an economically important family of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs. It includes some of the most highly prized timber-trees in the world.

Mrs. Nor Ezzawanis Abdullah Thani • 19 September 2012 • 29667 views

Aristolochia acuminata Lam.

The Aristolochia (Dutchman’s pipe or Birthwort) from tropical America with large showy flowers produce some of the most sought after ornamentals that every decent garden grows over their pergola.

Mr. Yao Tze Leong • 08 August 2012 • 30261 views

Capparis micracantha DC.

Capparis is the largest genus of the Capparaceae and includes about 250 tropical and subtropical species, half of which occur in the New World.

Dr. Avelinah Julius & Mrs. Rafidah Abdul Rahman • 22 September 2008 • 28525 views

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