First Report on Wild Ginger (Family: Zingiberaceae) Species Composition with New Records in Limestone Forests of Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia

• DOI: 10.21315/tlsr2022.33.3.3
• Publication Date: 2022-10-06T07:50:44Z
• Authors: Suganthi Appalasamy; ; Nivaarani Arumugam; ; Nor Syahaiza Ahma...; ; Anis Fadhlina; ; Jayaraj Vijaya Ku...; ; Sreeramanan Subra...
• Keywords: Zingiberaceae

The wild gingers in the family Zingiberaceae have a wide range of habitat distribution. species growing Malaysian forests are most studied. Nevertheless, aromatic perennial herb found limestone is least present study identified ginger compositions, determined conservation status species, and compared distribution selected Kelantan due to lack intensive focusing on forests, especially state Kelantan, date. In various months, observation was conducted at four Kelantan. From survey performed during study, Gua Setir Ikan recorded 16 with 12.5% overlapping species. comprised 61.5% more than Ikan. total, 13 (81.25%) were evaluated based Red List Threatened Species by International Union for Conservation Nature (IUCN). Three listed as high value (HCV), Zingiber aurantiacum, petiolatum wrayi, karst valley Setir. current presented updated new records flora research also demonstrated that each forest consisted different combinations Consequently, efforts sustainable management currently enforced would lead long-term protection plants. Furthermore, could become tourist attraction located recreational areas.Halia hutan (Famili: Zingiberaceae) mempunyai taburan yang luas. Kajian mengenai tumbuhan herba berbau harum ini kurang dilakukan di kawasan batu kapur Malaysia. telah mengenal pasti komposisi spesies halia, menentukan pemuliharaan halia dikenal pasti, serta membandingkan beberapa juga kerana kekurangan kajian intensif memfokuskan Malaysia, terutamanya negeri sehingga kini. Pemerhatian terhadap empat dan merekodkan semasa pemerhatian tersebut dengan bertindih. merangkumi berbanding Secara keseluruhan, dinilai berdasarkan oleh Sebanyak tiga disenaraikan sebagai (HCV) iaitu wrayi. Ketiga-tiga lembah kars memberikan rekod dikemas kini baru bagi menunjukkan bahawa setiap terdiri daripada gabungan berbeza. Oleh demikian, usaha pengurusan mampan pada masa akan membawa kepada perlindungan jangka panjang untuk halia. Tambahan pula, boleh dijadikan tarikan pelancong rekreasi.