Transplanting a rare species


Lions Club members planting the cleistanthus maingayi in conjunction with the Tree Planting Project jointly-organsised by Lions Club of Tanjung Penang and the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) at the Bayan Lepas interchange on Saturday. CHIN CHENG YEANG/THE STAR/16-08-2014

AN endangered plant species native to the forests of Perak has been planted on the island of Penang for the first time.

Lions Club of Tanjung Penang president Teoh Tai Lim said the cleistanthus maingayi was sourced from Tanjung Malim upon the recommendation of the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP).

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