12 new plant species discovered in Sarawak
KUCHING:
Twelve new species of plants have been discovered in Sarawak's Batang Ai
National Park and Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary.
Among
them is a begonia named Begonia jamilahanuiana after the Chief
Minister's wife Puan Sri Jamilah Anu.
It
is one of nine new species of begonias to be discovered, along with an orchid
species, a ginger species and a Marantaceae species.
Sarawak
Forestry Corporation (SFC) chief executive Wong Ting Chung said the new species
were found through its Rimba research project launched last year.
He
expressed appreciation to Jamilah for agreeing to have one of the newly
discovered begonias named after her.
Begonia jamilahanuiana can grow up to 60cm tall and is unusual in that it
retains its white spots in adult plants, unlike other begonias.
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