Pinanga ridleyana Becc. ex Furtado – central Sarawak / Borneo – around 550m ASL Pinanga ridleyana is a species of palm tree (Arecaceae) in the genus Pinanga. The name was validly published in 1934 in Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis…
Acriopsis liliifolia (J. Koenig) Seidenf. – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 870m ASL. Acriopsis liliifolia is a species of orchid (Orchidaceae) in the genus Acriopsis. The name is derived from the basionym Epidendrum liliifolium J. Koenig (1791); the combination Acriopsis liliifolia,…
Lobb’s bulbophyllum, Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindl. (1847) – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 1320m ASL. Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindl. (Orchidaceae) is an epiphytic species of sect. Sestochilus, distributed from NE India, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines in lowland–montane forests. Plants bear discrete pseudobulbs,…
Kinabalu mountain banana, Musa monticola M.Hotta ex Argent – of Sabah/Borneo – around 1620m ASL. Musa monticola is a wild banana endemic to the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo, where it is confined to montane habitats around Mount Kinabalu…
Glory Bower, Clerodendrum sp., of central Sarawak / Borneo around 400m ASL
Begonia acidulenta S.Julia & Kiew – in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.
The Upas tree, Antiaris toxicaria Lesch. (Moraceae) of central Borneo Of all Borneo’s indigenous tribes, the Penan and Punan of Sarawak and Kalimantan remain most connected to traditional forest living. Some of the Penan and Punan still hunt with their…
Begonia bayae S.Julia & Kiew – in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.