The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore Online

Garcinia subelliptica

sassy19a — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:52:13 +0000

Garcinia subelliptica Merr.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

National University of Singapore; Cultivated; 2011.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Persicaria chinensis var. chinensis

sassy19a — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:17:24 +0000

Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross var. chinensis

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Naturalised.

Growth Form or Habit: Herb.

Dover; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Chinese Knotweed

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Garcinia forbesii

sassy19a — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:18:36 +0000

Garcinia forbesii King

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Critically endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.

Echinodorus palaefolius

sassy19a — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:10:09 +0000

Echinodorus palaefolius (Nees & Mart.) J.F. Macbr.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Aquatic herb.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Swamp Forest; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Mexican Sword-plant.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Pityrogramma calomelanos

sassy19a — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:17:09 +0000

Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Naturalised

Growth Form or Habit: Herb.

Dover; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Silverback Fern.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Canarium odontophyllum

chungyifei — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:38:43 +0000

Canarium odontophyllum Miq.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Chu Lin Road; Cultivated; 2011.

Chu Lin; Cultivated; 2011.

Scurrula ferruginea

sassy19a — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:37:16 +0000

Scurrula ferruginea (Roxb. ex Jack) Danser

Recent Synonyms: -

Status: Native; Critically endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Hemi-parasitic epiphyte.

Kent Ridge; 2011.

East Cast Park; 2011.

Kent Ridge; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Rusty-leaf Mistletoe.

Taxillus chinensis

sassy19a — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:25:07 +0000

Taxillus chinensis (DC.) Danser

Recent Synonyms: -

Status: Native; Critically endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Hemi-parasitic epiphyte.

East Cast Park; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Mistletoe.

Licania tomentosa

sassy19a — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:59:53 +0000

Licania tomentosa (Benth.) Fritsch

Recent Synonyms: -

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Kallang; Cultivated; 2011.

Aquilaria malaccensis

chungyifei — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:54:16 +0000

Aquilaria malaccensis Lamk.

Recent Synonyms: -

Status: Native; Vulnerable; Cultivated

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, 2011.

Use: Aquilaria malaccensis is the major sourceof agarwood, a resinous heartwood, used for perfume and incense.

Common name: Eagle-wood

Reference:

Broad, S., 1995, Agarwood harvesting in Vietnam. TRAFFIC Bulletin. 15:96.

Keng, H. S. C. Chin & H. T. W. Tan, 1990. The Concise Flora of Singapore: Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons. Singapore University Press, Singapore. 222 pp.

LaFrankie, J. V. Jr., 2010. Trees of Tropical Asia: An Illustrated Guide to Diversity. Black Tree Publication, Phillipine. 748 pp.

Ng, L.T., Chang Y.S. and Kadir, A.A., 1997. A review on agar (gaharu) producing Aquilaria species. Journal of Tropical Forest Products. 2(2): 272-285.