Archive for June, 2010

Scaphium macropodum

June 28, 2010 at 10:18 pm · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Malvaceae, Order: Malvales, Superorder: Rosanae

Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumée ex K. Heyne

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Endangered. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Sapling
MacRitchie Reservoir Park; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

Fruits
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; 2009.

Fruit
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; 2009.

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Sonneratia ovata

June 27, 2010 at 8:48 pm · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Lythraceae, Order: Myrtales, Superorder: Rosanae

Sonneratia ovata Back.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Critically endangered. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Leaves and wiltering flower
Pulau Ubin; mangrove; 2009.

Fruits
Pulau Ubin; mangrove; 2009.

Saplings
Pulau Ubin; mangrove; 2009.

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Nepenthes ampullaria

June 27, 2010 at 7:28 pm · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Nepenthaceae, Order: Caryophyllales, Superorder: Caryophyllanae

Nepenthes ampullaria Jack

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Common. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Climber.

Mandai Forest; 2012.

Mandai Forest; 2012.

Lower pitchers
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2009.

More pictures can be found at

(1) Urban Forest website

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Ficus kerkhovenii

June 27, 2010 at 11:56 am · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Moraceae, Order: Rosales, Superorder: Rosanae

Ficus kerkhovenii Valeton

Status: Native; Critically endangered. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Strangler.

Leaves
Lazarus Island; Coastal; 2009.

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Acacia auriculiformis

June 27, 2010 at 11:30 am · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Fabaceae, Order: Fabales, Superorder: Rosanae

Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth.

Status: Exotic; Naturalised. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Flowers
Lazarus Island; Coastal; 2009.

More pictures can be found at

(1) Urban Forest website

(2) The Plant Observatory website

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Syzygium zeylanicum

June 27, 2010 at 11:17 am · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Myrtaceae, Order: Myrtales, Superorder: Rosanae

Syzygium zeylanicum (L.) DC.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Common. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Shrub.

Leaves
Lazarus Island; Coastal; 2009.

Fruits
Central Catchment Reserve; Secondary forest; 2010.

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Dendrolobium umbellatum

June 25, 2010 at 12:18 pm · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Fabaceae, Order: Fabales, Superorder: Rosanae

Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Common.

Habit
Loyang; Coastal; 2010.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Leaves
Loyang; Coastal; 2010.

Fruits
Coney Island; Coastal; 2010.

More pictures can be found at

(1) Urban Forest website

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Melicope lunu-ankenda

June 23, 2010 at 11:10 pm · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Rutaceae, Order: Sapindales, Superorder: Rosanae

Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native, Critically endangered. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

IMG_6931
Dover; Secondary forest; 2011.

IMG_6942
Dover; Secondary forest; 2011.

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Erycibe tomentosa

June 22, 2010 at 10:39 pm · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Convolvulaceae, Order: Solanales, Superorder: Asteranae

Erycibe tomentosa Blume

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Common.

Habit
Dover; Secondary forest; 2010.

Growth Form or Habit: Climber.

Branches: Tomentose.

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Derris trifoliata

June 20, 2010 at 11:40 pm · Filed under Class: Magnoliopsida, Family: Fabaceae, Order: Fabales, Superorder: Rosanae

Derris trifoliata Lour.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Common.

Growth Form or Habit: Climber.

Leaves
Sungei Serangoon; Mangrove; 2009.

Stem
Loyang; mangrove; 2010.

Flowers
Pasir Ris; mangrove; 2009.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

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