Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Cultivated only.
Singapore Science Centre; 2010.
Growth Form or Habit: Solitary palm.
Archive for April, 2010
Arachis pintoi
Arachis pintoi Krapov. & W. C. Greg.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.
Singapore Science Centre; Cultivated; 2010.
Growth Form or Habit: Herb.
Singapore Science Centre; Cultivated; 2010.
Other Information:
Common Name: Yellow Peanut Plant.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Passiflora laurifolia
Passiflora laurifolia L.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Exotic; Naturalised. Cultivated.
Growth Form or Habit: Climber.
Singapore Science Centre; 2010.
2012.
Other Information:
Common Name: Buah Susu, Passion Fruit.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Viscum ovalifolium
Viscum ovalifolium Wall. ex DC.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Common.
Growth Form or Habit: Hemi-parasitic epiphyte.
National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4; Urban; 2010.
National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4; Urban; 2011.
Other Information:
Common Name: Uncommon Mistletoe.
Other Comments: It is much less frequently encountered compared to Dendrophthoe pentandra and Macrosolen cochinchinensis. Its status probably needs to be updated.
More pictures can be found at
(1) Urban Forest website
Macrosolen cochinchinensis
Macrosolen cochinchinensis (Lour.) Tiegh.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Common.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010. Red flowers seen belong to the host, a starfruit tree.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
NUS, 2012; yellow flowers; on a Cratoxylum formosum tree.
Other Information:
Common Name: Mistletoe
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Dendrophthoe pentandra
Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Common.
Singapore Science Centre; Urban; 2010.
Growth Form or Habit: Epiphyte.
Singapore Science Centre; Urban; 2010.
Queen’s Road; Urban; 2010.
Kent Ridge; 2011.
Other Information:
Common Name: Mistletoe
More pictures can be found at
(1) Urban Forest website
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Crytogenic.
Singapore Science Centre, 2010.
Growth Form or Habit: Climber.
Singapore Science Centre, 2010.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Syzygium jambos
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Exotic, Casual. Cultivated.
Singapore Science Centre, 2010.
Singapore Science Centre, 2010.
Singapore Science Centre, 2010.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Syzygium malaccense
Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry
Recent Synonyms: Eugenia malaccensis L.
Status: Exotic, Casual. Cultivated.
Growth Form or Habit: Tree.
Singapore Science Centre, Cultivated; 2010.
Singapore Science Centre, 2010.
Pulau Semakau; Secondary forest; 2011.
Elaeocarpus macrocerus
Elaeocarpus macrocerus (Turcz.) Merr.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native, Critically endangered.
Growth Form or Habit: Tree.
Peninsular Malaysia, Sungei Mawai; 2010.
Peninsular Malaysia, Sungei Mawai; 2010.
Peninsular Malaysia, Sungei Mawai; 2010.
Fruits: Oblong. Greyish green in colour.
Habitat: Freshwater tidal rivers and creeks.
The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore Online 
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