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Globally, Malaysia is ranked 14th in terms of species of vascular plants. The Flora of Malaysia consist of approximately 15,000 species of vascular plant. Peninsular Malaysia has around 8,200 species of vascular plants while places such as Sabah and Sarawak has around 12,000 species. Most Flora can be found in the dense rainforest of Malaysia. [3]
Flora of Sarawak — a state of Malaysia on the island of Borneo; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...
A golden tree, part of the bunga mas sent by one of the northern Malay states to the Siamese court, collection of Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur. The bunga emas dan perak (lit. "golden and silver flowers", Thai: ต้นไม้เงินต้นไม้ทอง RTGS: ton mai ngoen ton mai thong), often abbreviated to bunga mas (Jawi: بوڠا مس "golden flowers"), was a form of ...
Canarium odontophyllum, also referred to as the Borneo olive, [2] is a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Canarium in the family Burseraceae. [3] Native to Borneo, where it is locally known as dabai in Sarawak and Kalimantan, [2] and kembayau in Sabah and Brunei.
Sarawak: 2,376 7,795 Has unique rock formations called the Pinnacles 8 Mount Tahan: Tahan Range: Pahang-Kelantan border 2,187 7,175 Highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia and Pahang. Unique plants and animals. One of Peninsular Malaysia's seven tallest mountains above 2,100 m (6,890 ft), known as the G7 among hikers. 9 Mount Korbu: Titiwangsa ...
In the same period, Sarawak lost 2.96Mha or 25% of its tree cover. [19] Together, they made up 56% of Malaysia's 8.12Mha (28%) loss in tree cover during that period. [20] Deforestation is a major problem for fauna such as tigers, as the forest is cut to make room for plantations, [21] mostly for palm oil and other cash crops. The orangutan ...
Sarawak Biodiversity Centre is a statutory body that was set up by the government of Sarawak in 1997 for the regulation of access and collection of biological resources for research or commercial purposes. In 2004, the centre was relieved of its regulatory role and started to get involved in biotechnology-based research on the biological ...
Malaysia has earned a good reputation around the world for its high quality and well priced rubber products. Rubber manufacturers in Malaysia supply several rubber products such as medical gloves, components for automobiles, belts, and hoses to several countries such as the United States, Japan, China, and many countries in Europe .