A time for His Majesty’s name to flourish

The Alocasia farisii is a newly discovered and unique aroid (keladi) species named after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V, whose birth name is Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra.

A newly discovered and unique aroid or keladi species that reaffirms the bio-geographical link between the peninsula and Borneo has been named after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V.

The remarkable species that is endemic to Kelantan was named Alocasia farisii in honour of Sultan Muhammad V, whose birth name is Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra.