Kota Kinabalu: Nora Lakiu undertakes a three-hour journey once a week from Kemabong to Tenom town to sell her “tuhau” (etlingera coccinea or wild ginger) produce at the weekly market here.
Every Wednesday, she leaves home at 2am, lugging with her the produce of her land, including tuhau, bunga kantan and pucuk rotan, to reach the site of the weekly market before sunrise.
The 27-year-old mother of three said the tuhau plants thrive on her six-hectare piece of land.
“It is easy to take care of tuhau plants. Just plant them and they reap a big harvest,”, said Nora, when met here Wednesday at the Tamu Pekan Tenom, located in the interiors of Sabah about 150km south of Kota Kinabalu,