Keladan, among the oldest planted forest trees at FRIM
22 January 2018 (Monday) - The oldest planted forest trees at Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) are over 100 years of age, older even than the existence of the institute. Based on the records and publications on FRIM's history, an area in Kepong (Field 12) was cleared for non-systematic trial planting from December 1910 until 1912. Among the species were kapur (Dryobalanops aromatica) and keladan (D. oblongifolia) of Dipterocarpaceae. Abd Latif posing for a picture with the tree. Recently, FRIM Director General Dato' Dr Abd Latif Mohmod and the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Branch (RSGI) staff led [...]