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Rhodamnia cinerea Jack

Rhodamnia cinerea, known locally as mempoyan, is a shrub to medium-sized tree and grows in lowland areas to mountains and is sometimes found in coastal areas.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 30 December 2016 • 22674 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 • 22701 views

Tapirus indicus Desmarest 1819

Tapirus indicus or more commonly known as Malayan Tapir in English or Tenuk in Malay is an iconic species to Malaysia and is the largest among the tapir species.

Ms. Ajla Rafidah Baharom • 30 November 2016 • 21823 views

Cynopterus brachyotis

Cynopterus brachyotis has a dog-like face, large dark eyes, and brown to yellowish brown fur with a distinct dark orange collar in adult males, and yellowish in females.

Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman • 15 November 2016 • 23010 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 • 21965 views

Gonocephalus grandis (GRAY, 1845)

Gonocephalus grandis more commonly known as the Giant Anglehead Lizard, is one of many lizards found in the evergreen forests of Malaysia.

Mr. Kaviarasu Munian, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman & Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman • 14 October 2016 • 22856 views

Alpinia conchigera Griff

Alpinia conchigera, known locally as langkuas ranting, langkuas kechil or jerunang (Holttum, 1950), and commonly known as the Lesser Alpinia (Lim, 2016), belongs to the family Zingiberaceae.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 30 September 2016 • 22273 views

Helarctos malayanus (Raffles, 1821)

The Malayan Sun Bear or Beruang Matahari is scientifically known as Helarctos malayanus and belongs to the family Ursidae.

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 15 September 2016 • 21419 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 • 23173 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 • 21236 views

Panthera tigris jacksoni

The tiger or Panthera tigris is the largest member in the family Felidacea.

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 29 July 2016 • 25483 views

Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boei, 1827) (Viperidae)

Tropidolaemus wagleri is a species of viper commonly known as Wagler’s Pit Viper or Temple Viper. In Malay, it is known as Ular Kapak Tokong.

Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw • 15 July 2016 • 22567 views

Pongo pygmaeus Linnaeus 1760

Pongo pygmaeus, more commonly known as orangutan, is a large arboreal animal that is native to the island of Borneo.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 30 June 2016 • 21490 views

Maingaya malayana Oliv. (Hamamelidaceae)

The genus Maingaya is monotypic and was named after Alexander Caroll Maingay, the magistrate stationed in Melaka during the 1860s.

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 15 June 2016 • 22468 views

Dillenia suffruticosa (Dilleniaceae)

Dillenia suffruticosa (Griff.) Martelli, locally called simpoh air,

Norzielawati Salleh • 25 May 2016 • 23749 views

Geostachys megaphylla Holttum

Geostachys megaphylla is one of the larger species in the genus

Mr. Lau Kah Hoo • 25 April 2016 • 20580 views

Impatiens scortechinii Hook.f.

Impatiens belongs to the balsam family, Balsaminaceae, commonly known as Touch-me-not or Jewel Weed.

Dr. Chan Yoke Mui • 25 March 2016 • 20839 views

Exbucklandia populnea (R.Br. ex Griff.) R. W. Brown (Hamamelidaceae)

Exbucklandia populnea, known locally as gerok in Malay, was named for William Buckland (1784-1856), the renowned British geologist/palaeontologist (Veldkamp,1998).

Syazwani Azeman • 25 February 2016 • 20509 views

Grammatophyllum speciosum Blume

Grammatophyllum speciosum, commonly known as tiger orchid, is probably the largest orchid in South-East Asia. In Greek, ‘grammatus’ means letter and ‘phyllum’ means leaf.

Adeline Hii • 26 January 2016 • 23613 views

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