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List Of Plants Of Malaysia
Malaysia is a Megadiverse country, of which two thirds is covered in forest which is believed to be 130million years old. It is composed of a variety of types, although they are mainly dipterocarp forests. There are an estimated 8,500 species of vascular plants in Peninsular Malaysia, with another 15,000 in the East. The forests of East Malaysia are estimated to be the habitat of around 2,000 tree species, and are one of the most biodiverse areas in the world, with 240 different species of trees every hectare. Plants *Areca gurita * Areca triandra *Bamboo orchid *Dacrydium gibbsiae * Dipterocarpus acutangulus * Dipterocarpus caudatus * Dipterocarpus confertus * Dipterocarpus conformis * Dipterocarpus coriaceus * Dipterocarpus cornutus * Dipterocarpus costulatus * Dipterocarpus crinitus * Dipterocarpus dyeri * Dipterocarpus elongatus * Dipterocarpus eurynchus * Dipterocarpus geniculatus * Dipterocarpus glabrigemmatus * Dipterocarpus globosus * Dipterocarpus gracilis * Dipterocar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arundina Graminifolia
''Arundina graminifolia'' is a species of orchid and the sole accepted species of the genus ''Arundina''. This tropical Asiatic genus extends from Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, the Ryukyu Islands, Malaysia, Singapore, China to Indonesia, the Philippines and New Guinea. It has become naturalized in Réunion, Fiji, French Polynesia, Micronesia, the West Indies, Costa Rica, Panama and Hawaii. It is also called bamboo orchid. Description ''Arundina graminifolia'' is a terrestrial, perennial orchid with reedy stems, forming into large clumps growing to a height between 70 cm and 2 m. The plaited linear leaves are oblong lanceolate, with a length of 9 to 19 cm and a width of 0.8 to 1.5 cm. The apex is acuminate. There are amplexicaul (clasping the stem) sheathing stipules. This orchid blooms in summer and autumn, showing rather open clusters of showy terminal flowers, ten at the most. They bloom in succession on the terminal racemes,which ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Dyeri
''Dipterocarpus dyeri'' ( Khmer: ''rôyiëng, chhë tiël pruhs, chhë tiël th'nô:r'',DY PHON Pauline, 2000, Plants Used in Cambodia, self-published, printed by Imprimerie Olympic, Phnom Penh local name Kompong Thom: ''chhieutiel chgor'', name used for commercial timber and the group of trees harvested for such: ''keruing'', Vietnamese: ''Dầu Song Nàng'',Nguyen Hoang Nghia, Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources in Vietnam, http://www.aseanbiotechnology.info/Abstract/23005237.pdf is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae found in Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia ( Kedah, Perlis), Cambodia and Vietnam. The tree is found in rain forest and lowland semi-evergreen dipterocarp forests, an alternative habitat description is mixed dense forests of the plains, mainly among rivers and valleys. The tree is a climax or late successional species, which in some secondary forests forms relatively young pure colonies. The conservation status is based on rates of habitat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Sarawakensis
''Dipterocarpus sarawakensis'', locally called the Sarawak keruing, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, found in peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. It is locally common on leached sandy soils on low coastal hills. The species was thought to be present uniquely in Sarawak (hence its specific name) until the discovery of 53 trees in Jerangau Forest Reserve at the end of 2004. Dipterocarpus, sarawakensis Trees of Peninsular Malaysia Trees of Borneo {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Retusus
''Dipterocarpus retusus'', commonly known as hollong, is a large tree and perhaps the best known species in the genus ''Dipterocarpus''. It is native to China, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and India.DY PHON, Pauline, 2000, ''Plants Used In Cambodia'', printed by Imprimerie Olympic, Phnom Penh The tree, some tall, is found in Cambodia in dense forests of the plains, common on hillsides and along rivers and in forests between and altitude. Hollong is the state tree of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. In India, the timber is used for plywood and making various containers. In China, the timber is used in construction. Hollong is a sacred tree for People of Assam#Ethnic_groups, Moran community of Assam. Uses It is farmed for its timber and resin. In Cambodia, the resin is collected by people in the mountainous regions, in order to make torches and candles, while the wood is used in construction to make columns and boards. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Ochraceus
''Dipterocarpus ochraceus'' is a tropical rainforest tree endemic to Sabah. It is known from the ultramafic Ultramafic rocks (also referred to as ultrabasic rocks, although the terms are not wholly equivalent) are igneous and meta-igneous rocks with a very low silica content (less than 45%), generally >18% MgO, high FeO, low potassium, and are composed ... hills in the Ranau district. References ochraceus Endemic flora of Borneo Trees of Borneo Flora of Sabah {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Lamellatus
''Dipterocarpus lamellatus'' is a tropical rainforest tree endemic to Borneo. It is known from the Beaufort Hills, the Siangau Forest Reserve and Labuan in SW Sabah and Ladan Hills in the Tutong district of Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur .... It is one of the rarest and most endangered of all dipterocarps, with a population size of only twelve individuals, threatened mostly by habitat loss. References lamellatus Endemic flora of Borneo Trees of Borneo Critically endangered flora of Asia Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Kerrii
''Dipterocarpus kerrii'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to the Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. This species is locally common in lowland semi-evergreen and evergreen dipterocarp forest Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru .... It is cut for keruing timber and yields oil (commonly called the keruing oil) for the region. The species is named after the Irish botanist A.F.G. Kerr. References kerrii Flora of tropical Asia {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Humeratus
''Dipterocarpus humeratus'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species name ''humeratus'' is derived from Latin (' = shoulder) and refers to the articulated petiole. ''D. humeratus'' is an emergent tree, up to 50 m tall, found in mixed dipterocarp forests on well-drained clay soils. The species is found scattered or semi-gregarious on undulating land and clay ridges below 700 m elevation. It is found in Sumatra and Borneo (Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ... and Kalimantan) and occurs in at least three protected areas ( Sepilok Forest Reserve, Ulu Temburong and Gunung Mulu National Parks). References humeratus Trees of Sumatra Dipterocarps of Borneo Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests {{Dipter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Hasseltii
''Dipterocarpus hasseltii'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. This large tree occurs in lowland dipterocarp forest and is cut for keruing timber. It is found in Indonesia (Bali, Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ..., the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. References hasseltii Trees of Malesia Trees of Indo-China Dipterocarps of Borneo {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Gracilis
''Dipterocarpus gracilis'' (Tagalog: ''panao'') is a critically endangered species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The species is found in Kalimantan, Bangladesh, India (the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Tripura), Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. This large tree is found in lowland seasonal semi-evergreen and evergreen dipterocarp forests. Uses It is often used as a commercial grade plywood Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured ..., it is one of the most important sources of keruing timber. References gracilis Indomalayan realm flora Flora of tropical Asia Critically endangered flora of Asia {{Dipterocarp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Globosus
''Dipterocarpus globosus'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae endemic to Brunei, Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ... and Kalimantan. References globosus Endemic flora of Borneo Trees of Borneo Critically endangered flora of Asia {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Glabrigemmatus
''Dipterocarpus glabrigemmatus'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The tree is endemic to Borneo (Kalimantan and Sarawak). Range and habitat ''Dipterocarpus glabrigemmatus'' is known from five locations in Sarawak state of Malaysia, and a single unspecified location in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), where it grows in lowland rainforest. It has an extent of occurrence of 6,327 km2 and area of occupancy of 52 km2. The species is threatened with habitat loss from timber harvesting, fires, and conversion of forest to agriculture. Its conservation status is assessed as endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inva .... References glabrigemmatus Endemic dipterocarps of Borneo Critically endangered flora of Asia Flora of the Borneo lowland rain f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
