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Course Description

This course exposes students on identification of commercial forest trees of Malaysian using forest (arboretum) and herbarium characteristics.

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Identify the features related to commercial tree species using forest and herbarium characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia ( P1 )
2 ) Write a report based on activities during practical classes
3 ) Explain commercial tree species using forest and herbarium characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 5 hours per week
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Beginner
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )

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Syllabus

1.1 Terminology and Definitions
1.2 Plant Taxonomy
1.3 Family Relationship

2.1 Forest Characters
2.2 Habitat
2.3 Bole
2.4 Buttresses
2.5 Innerbark
2.6 Smell
2.7 Latex
2.8 Texture
2.9 Crowning and branching

3.1 Herbarium Characters
3.2 Leaf structures (simple or compound)
3.3 Leaf arrangement ( alternate, opposite, spiral, whorls)
3.4 Leaf feature (shape, apex, margin, base)
3.5 Leaf Texture
3.6 Leaf Venation
3.7 Twig
3.8 Stipule
3.9 Inflorescence
3.10 Fruits

4.1 Dipterocarps Group (Dipterocarpaceae Family)
4.2 Main Genera: Shorea, Hopea, Anisoptera, Parashorea, Vatica, Dipterocarpus, Neobalanocarpus, Dryobalanops and Cotylelobium.

5.1 Non-Dipterocarps Group
5.2 Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Apocynaceae, Burseraceae, Dilleniaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fagaceae, Guttiferae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, Moraceae, Myristicaceae, Sapotaceae, Sterculiaceae