INDO-MALAYAN Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forest
plants

The diversity of plants in the rainforests of Asia is too much for one page!

Family Lauraceae
Family Piperaceae
Family Pandanaceae

Family Zingiberaceae

Family Dilleniaceae
Family Vitaceae
Family Fabaceae
Family Rosaceae

Family Euphorbiaceae

Macaranga sp. (Krakatoa, Indonesia). The species in this genus are among the most common of tropical Asian jungle plants, as they are pioneer species: those that grow fast and quick on the edge of the rainforest.

Family Malvaceae

Order Myrtales

Family Myrtaceae

Family Melastomataceae

Osbeckia lanata. Found in the understory in montane forests in Sri Lanka (Horton Plains, Sri Lanka).

Order Caryophyllales

Family Droseraceae

Family Nepenthaceae

Nepenthes rajah, 'Pitcher Plant', (Mesilau, Malaysia). The largest of all Pitcher Plants (with my hand for scale). Only found close to the ground on a few mountains in northern Borneo.

Order Ericales

Family Lecythidaceae

Careya arborea (Jahoo Camp, Cambodia).

Family Ericaceae, 'Heathers'

Rhododendron spp.

Many species in this genus have large red flowers. They are mostly found in the higher altitude forests of Asia.

The flowers of Rhododendron provide some much needed bright colour to the gloom of the montane rainforest in Borneo (Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia).

Rhododendron arboreum, 'Ceylon Rhododendron'. Grows as a shrub in the open or small tree in more protected areas. Leaves greyish-brown on underside due to hairs.  Large bunches of a dozen red flowers. Found in cloud forest, endemic to Sri Lanka. (Horton Plains).

Rhododendron sp. (Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia).

Vaccinium leschenaultia, Indian Cranberry. Shrub or small tree. Found in montane forest in India and Sri Lanka. (Horton Plains, Sri Lanka).

Order Gentianales

Family Rubiaceae
Family Apocynaceae

Order Solanales

Family Solanaceae

Order Lamiales

Family Verbenaceae
Family Lamiaceae

Order Apiales

Family Araliaceae

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Thinking of travelling again after everything settles down? One of the first expeditions I am booked to work on is the NZ sub-Antarctics with Silversea Expeditions. And here is a shortened version of one of my lectures in a warmer part of the world.