Notes on species composition and ornamental gingers in Tawau Hills Park, Sabah

This paper updates the composition of species and reports on ornamental gingers at Tawau Hills Park, Sabah. The gingers were recorded within 10 m to the left and right of the 15-km-long nature trail and 4-km-long forest rentis. Sixty-four species from 13 genera were documented. Thirty-eight percent and 28 % of the gingers in Sabah and Borneo, respectively are found within the Park. Of these species, seven are likely to be new to science and endemic to this area, and 19–29 species were evaluated as attractive and may be exploited for landscaping. One species, Boesenbergia pulchella, was found... Mehr ...