UPM AGRICULTURE CONSERVATORY PARK
 
Introduction Gingers/Turmerics Herbs Ferns Traditional Vegetables Aquatic plants
Wild orchids Pitcher plants Yams Spices Aromatic plants Wild fruits

 

Zone 8: Yams

Yams are another type of non-woody herbal plants which have the potential to be grown as food crops and medicinal plants. It is estimated that there are some 140 species of yams in Peninsular Malaysia most of which wild. Examples: Homalomena sagittifolia Jungh. Ex. Schott var. sagittifolia and Amorphophallus praiini Hook. F.

Tacca integriffolia (Keladi murai)

Lasia spinos (Geli-geli)