Rondeletia leucophylla Kunth
Recent Synonyms: None relevant
Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.
Growth Form or Habit: Shrub.
Garden at Dhoby Ghuat MRT; Cultivated; 2011.
Other Information:
Common Names: Panama Rose.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Smythea lanceata Summerh.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant
Status: Native; Critically endangered
Growth Form or Habit: Climber.
Pulau Semakau; 2011.
Micrechites serpyllifolius (Blume) P.I. Forster
Recent Synonyms: Ichnocarpus serpyllifolius (Blume) P.I. Forst.
Status: Native; Critically endangered
Growth Form or Habit: Climber.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 2011.
Leaves: Simple; Opposite; Coriaceous, rarely subcoriaceous. Petiole hairless or minutely pubescent.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 2011.
Branch: Sparsely villous, minutely pubescent or hairless; becoming hairless with age; pores for gaseous exchange.
Flower: Cream colour; Inflorescence axillary and terminal.
Fruit: Hairless.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 2011.
Habitat: Forest from sea level up to 1300m.
Occurrence: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
Distribution: Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi.
Use: Harvest for non-commercial rubber before widespread of Hevea brasiliensis.
Reference:
Ridley, H. N. (1967) The Flora of Malay Peninsula. A. Asher & Co. Amsterdam. 672 pp.
Middleton D. J. (2009) An update on the Apocynaceae in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), Special Issue: 143-155. Available online [PDF]
Middleton D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana, Series I, 18: 1-474pp. Available online [htm]
Friesodielsia latifolia (Hook. f. & Thoms.) Steenis
Recent Synonyms: Oxymitra latifolia Hook.f. & Thomson
Status: Native; Common.
Growth Form or Habit: Climber.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 2011.
Leaves: Simple; Usually large; Thickly membranous. Midrib is rusty-pubescent.
Stem: Rusty-tomentose when young; Later glabrous and dark-colour with grooves.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 2011.
Habitat: Borders of Forest.
Occurrence: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, MacRitchie Reservoir forest and Botanic Gardens’ jungle.
Reference:
Sinclair, J. (1955) A Revision of the Malayan Annonaceae. The Gardens Bulletin Singapore, 14: 149-516.
Palaquium gutta (Hook.) Baill.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Critically endangered.
Growth Form or Habit: Tree.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; 2011.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Caesalpinia sumatrana Roxb.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Critically endangered.
Growth Form or Habit: Liana.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; 2011.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; 2011.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; 2011.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore Online 