By M. Hamzah Jamaludin hamzah@nst.com.my KUANTAN: According to Malay superstition, ghosts make their homes in its branches, particularly the vampire, or pontianak. So the frangipani is not a popular garden plant. But the very down-to-earth Norasiah Jamil makes real-world profit from growing the kemboja kubur, and has created an additional source of income for her family's coffers. "I got interested in frangipani six years ago when I planted some in my garden. I only had the common ones with pink and white flowers then. "I was surprised to learn from the Internet that there are more than 2,000 varieties and colours. "There are eight known species of frangipani and I grow four of them, with about 450 varieties," said Norasiah, who has a degree in electrical engineering and is the network operations head of a communications...
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