Anthurium hoffmannii is found in Costa Rica and Panama at elevations mostly between 700 and 1,700 m, principally in tropical wet, premontane rain and lower montane rain forest but also in premontane wet forest.This species is in section Calomystrium and is closely related to (and perhaps not separate from) A. huixtlense, which ranges from Mexico…

Baccaurea angulata, also known as jungle starfruit or blood starfruit in Malay and more locally as ucong or embaling, is a species of flowering plant, fruit tree in the tampoi family, native to Southeast Asia. This species grows as a dioecious tree to 6–21 m tall, with a trunk 2–5 m . The leaves are…

Pinanga Subterranea, A rare palm species has just been discovered in Kalimantan. This species is the only member of the palm family (Arecaceae) known to flower and fruit almost entirely underground. Because this rare palm species has such unusual characteristics, scientists named the species Pinanga subterranea. The word subterranea comes from Latin which means underground.…

Bengkinang / Bengkinang (Elaeocarpus glaber Bl.) Synonym Elaeocarpus Hosei Merr. Local names in Kalimantan: Bangkinang, Bengkinang, Bengkining Forest, Kemurik, Pabom, Surugam, Tamang Classification Kingdom: Plantae (Plants) Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (vascular plants) Super Division: Spermatophyta (Produces seeds) Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) Class: Magnoliopsida (dicots) Sub Class: Dilleniidae Order: Malvales Family: Elaeocarpaceae Genus: Elaeocarpus Species: Elaeocarpus glaber Bl.…

Arisaema dracontium, the dragon-root or green dragon, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Arisaema and the family Araceae. It is native to North America from Quebec through Minnesota south through Florida and Texas, where it is found growing in damp woods. It has also been reported from northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León + Veracruz)…