Borneo is also culturally diverse, with 306 officially recognized indigenous groups. "The database now contains information on 1,319 plant species, including which parts of the plants are used and ...

The leaves of this Kratom plant, for hundreds of years were consumed by Dayak tribal peoples and have a number of privileged properties such as cannabis. In Indonesia, especially in Borneo ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of pitcher plant on the Malaysian island of Borneo, with leaves covered in hairs resembling orangutan fur. This plant, named Nepenthes pongoides ...

Borneo’s unique plants and animals helped inspire the great 19th century naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace to formulate his theories on natural selection, concurrent with, but independent of, Darwin’s ...

The property has been identified as a Centre of Plant Diversity for Southeast Asia; it contains representatives from at least half of all Borneo’s plant species and is exceptionally rich in species ...

Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii), Borneo. This plant has no stem or leaves, instead it is a parasite on a vine. By feeding on its host, rafflesia is able to produce the world's biggest flower ...

For most of its history Borneo was scarcely populated by humans ... a significant reduction (on the order of 80 percent for plants and 80-90 percent for mammals, birds, and reptiles) in biological ...

Many of Borneo’s languages are endemic ... They use motif designs of snakes, birds and plants, sometimes combined, to symbolise meanings such as bravery, patience and beauty. The motifs are symbolic ...

Having won gold medals in 2006 and 2007, Borneo Exotics returned this year with a larger more elaborate exhibit of ‘Tropical pitcher plants in a natural setting’. The gold medal was awarded by a ...

In the rainforests of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, the Indigenous Dayak Iban ... on their traditional knowledge about medicinal plants and omen birds to the next generation through ...

LABUAN: This duty-free island is set to welcome more than 50,000 local and international visitors for the inaugural Borneo ...