This site is a small attempt to document and highlight the very much overlooked residents of the forest — the plants — in two locations; one in Kuala Langat and another in Gombak. Native plants are part and parcel of the vast Indigenous knowledge concerning areas of medicine and sources of food.

The forests and the soil represent specific ecological niche and are inextricably linked to the Orang Asli identity where both generate their traditions and worldview, all depending on their rapport to a particular land. The inability of external parties to see traditional resources as a necessity to the wellbeing of Orang Asli often leads to destructive approaches in land management, leaving them out of the equation.

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