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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 • 5489 views

Nannophya pygmaea Rambur, 1842 (Scarlet Dwarf)

Nannophya pygmaea, commonly known as Scarlet Dwarf, is a species of tiny dragonfly belonging to the family Libellulidae.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 17 July 2018 • 5993 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 • 4918 views

Sindora wallichii Benth

This species is named after the Danish botanist, Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854), a former Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden in India.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 14 June 2018 • 5883 views

Calloselasma rhodostoma (Kuhl, 1824)

The Malayan Pit Viper or Ular Kapak Daun in Malay, is a species of pit viper found in northern parts of Peninsular Malaysia.

Ms. Ajla Rafidah Baharom & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 31 May 2018 • 7660 views

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.

Barringtonia racemosa is a common shrub to medium-sized tree commonly known as putat ayam or putat kampung.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 17 May 2018 • 5491 views

Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack (Rutaceae)

Murraya paniculata is known as kemuning in Malay and has many other common English names, such as mock orange, orange jessamine and others.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 30 April 2018 • 5633 views

Meliosma sumatrana (Jack) Walpers

Meliosma sumatrana is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, reaching heights of up to 20 m and 62 cm diameter.

Mrs. Nadiah Idris • 16 April 2018 • 4363 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.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 30 March 2018 • 6720 views

Siebenrockiella crassicollis Gray, 1831

Siebenrockiella crassicollis is a hard shelled turtle in the family Geoemydidae.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 16 March 2018 • 5416 views

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa is an attractive member of the Myrtaceae family.

Mrs. Nadiah Idris • 28 February 2018 • 5715 views

Muntingia calabura (Muntingiaceae)

The easiest way to recognize the ‘buah ceri’ tree would be by its drooping branches and spreading crown, resembling an umbrella.

Mr. Cheah Yih Horng • 14 February 2018 • 7006 views

Symphalangus syndactylus (Raffles,1821)

Symphalangus syndactylus (Primates: Hylobatidae) also known as Siamang, is the largest gibbon species found in Southeast Asia.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman • 30 January 2018 • 5169 views

Hoya coronaria Blume

Hoya coronaria Blume gets its species name from the Latin word “coronaria” meaning crown because of the resemblance of its flower to a crown.

Aliaa Athirah Adam Malek & Mrs. Rafidah Abdul Rahman • 17 January 2018 • 6407 views

Amolops larutensis (Boulenger, 1899)

Amolops larutensis, commonly called the Larut Hill Cascade Frog or Larut Torrent Frog, is named after Bukit Larut and was described by G.A. Boulenger in 1899.

Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 29 December 2017 • 5461 views

Kittacincla malabarica (Scopoli, 1786)

The White-rumped Shama (Kittacincla malabarica), also known as murai batu, is one of the most popular birds because of its beautiful melodious songs and long beautiful tails.

Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 15 December 2017 • 6128 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 • 5761 views

Neobalanocarpus heimii (King) P.S. Ashton

Neobalanocarpus heimii is a monotypic genus that belongs to the family Dipterocarpaceae and is better known as chengal in Malay.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat & Mr. Cheah Yih Horng • 17 November 2017 • 7048 views

Arctictis binturong (Raffles, 1821)

Arctictis binturong, commonly called Binturong or bearcat, is the largest species in the Viverridae family, weighing 6 to 10 kg (Phillipps & Phillipps, 2016) with a body length ranging from 61 to 96 cm and an almost equally long tail of ...

Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria • 31 October 2017 • 6334 views

Geostachys tahanensis Holttum

Geostachys tahanensis is a small-sized ginger described by R.E. Holttum in 1950 (Holttum, 1950).

Mr. Lau Kah Hoo • 16 October 2017 • 5221 views

Ptilocercus lowii Gray, 1848

Ptilocercus lowii, also known as the Pen-tailed treeshrew, is the only species in the family Ptilocercidae while the other treeshrews such as the Common tree shrew (Tupaia glis) and Lesser treeshrew (T. minor) are grouped i...

Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Noor Faradiana Binti Mad Fauzi • 29 September 2017 • 5802 views

Ixonanthes icosandra Jack (Ixonanthaceae)

Ixonanthes icosandra is a common tree in Malaysian forests. The genus Ixonanthes was described by William Jack, a Scottish botanist, in 1822 based on the two species, I. reticulata and I. icosandra.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 30 August 2017 • 4973 views

Rusa unicolor Kerr, 1972

The largest species in the deer family (Cervidae), Rusa unicolor is commonly known as Sambar or Sambar Deer (Leslie, 2011). It is also the most widely sighted species in the world.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas, Mrs. Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 16 August 2017 • 5772 views

Tacca integrifolia Ker-Gawl.

The genus Tacca was originally categorized under the family Taccaceae. However, recently after molecular research, it has been classified under the family Dioscoreaceae together with the yam or ubi in Malay (Caddick et al.,...

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 31 July 2017 • 6401 views

Dipterocarpus lamellatus Hook. F.

Dipterocarpus lamellatus is one of the rarest and most endangered of all dipterocarps (Ashton, 2004).

Yap Myo I • 23 June 2017 • 6000 views

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