The Story 

Meranti is a species of tropical hardwood. Meranti is also a name for a cluster of islands across the straits of Malacca in Indonesia. Batu Pahat and the Riau Islands have always had this link and free movement of people and products.

Batu Pahat is the center of development for Liberica In Malaysia. Many clones of the Liberica have been developed and enhanced through the many years. Clone MKL1 was launched in 1992. Currently, the researchers are already on Clone MKL 18, which we at House Of Kendal call it G6. Liberica MKL1 which we call G1 was smuggled out to Riau in the ’90s. The plantation grew in size and has now outnumbered the hectarage in Malaysia, the G1 is now known as Meranti Liberica, which basically is the Malaysian Liberica variant originating from Batu Pahat.