The Kepong Botanic Gardens is developed to be the center for living plant collections mainly for Malaysian plants. This garden will create research opportunities in botany, horticulture, landscape and other related fields. Plants from the wild will be systematically collected and planted in the garden for display and as a center for ex-situ conservation. Horticulture and landscaping education, research and development will be another strong feature of the garden.





You can begin to explore FRIM by walking on the asphalt road that circles the parkland to acquaint yourself with the surroundings before venturing into its nature trails. The most well-known trails in FRIM are Salleh Trail and Keruing Trail. Along these trails, you will discover Tongkat Ali, which literally means Ali’s walking stick in Malay, a wild shrub akin to ginseng in the Malay Archipelago; Engkabang trees, whose fats are excellent for making the waxy base of lipsticks for moisturizing the lips; lianas, climbers with long-stemmed, woody vines; Jelutong trees, whose wood is used for making pencils and matches; and Kulim trees, whose branches and leaves bear the smell of garlic.

Most of all, the most remarkable scenery in FRIM is none other than “crown shyness”, a mosaic-like pattern formed by the leaves of Kapur trees (Camphor trees) ‘shying’ away from each other, leaving distinguishable gaps in between the tree crowns that can be clearly seen underneath the trees. Kapur trees produce an aromatic resin that can be used to make camphor oil; their wood can be used to make railway sleepers.

The garden also has a new Skywalk track. The skywalk is as high as 50 metres above the man-made forest and 250 metres long! Perfect to get all the angles of the forest!