Malesia

Malaysia's is a phytogeografische region and is part of Paläotropis. It includes the Malay Archipelago from Sumatra and the south of Malacca to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago Peninsula, and the Philippines. The natural vegetation is mainly tropical rainforest.

Flora

Malaysia's is characterized by a few large genera and families. The orchids comprise about 4000 species, the largest genera are Bulbophyllum and Dendrobium.

Dominant trees are mainly from the following families: Myrtaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Myristicaceae, Sapotaceae, Fabaceae, Lauraceae, Annonaceae, Palmae and Moraceae. The most species-rich genera are Kirschmyrten, Ficus and Elaeocarpus, each with over 400 species.

Vegetation

The natural vegetation is dominated by tropical rain forest, the montane to lowland (up to 1200 m), lower ( 1200-1500 m) and upper ( 1500-3000 m) rainforest is divided. In addition, there are separate vegetations on special locations, the rain forests over limestone, on ultrabasischem rock, heath forests on sandy soils podsolierten, mangroves and swamp rainforests.

A second aspect of the deciduous monsoon forests in areas with a pronounced dry season.