SERDANG: A group of scientists from the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) discovered a new variety of pitcher plant in the Rompin state park in Pahang and the Setiu Wetlands in Terengganu about two months ago.
Mardi director-general Datuk Dr Mohamad Zabawi Abdul Ghani said the discovery of this new variety of Nepenthes rafflesiana, which has an ear-like shape pitcher with hues of yellowish green to reddish-green, is known as “zabawiana”.
