Archive for Family: Phyllanthaceae

Baccaurea sumatrana

Baccaurea sumatrana (Miq.) Müll. Arg.

Recent Synonyms: None.

Status: Native; Vulnerable.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Baccaurea sumatrana E6-0981
Mandai; 2011.

Baccaurea sumatrana E6-1002
Seedling at Mandai; 2011.

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Baccaurea racemosa

Baccaurea racemosa (Reinw.) Müll. Arg.

Recent Synonyms: None.

Status: Native; Endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Baccaurea racemosa D23-1468
Mandai; 2011.

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Baccaurea polyneura

Baccaurea polyneura Hook. f.

Recent Synonyms: Baccaurea hookeri Gage; Baccaurea kunstleri King ex Gage

Status: Native; Endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Baccaurea polyneura H18-5115
Sapling at Mandai; 2011.

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Baccaurea bracteata

Baccaurea bracteata Müll. Arg.

Recent Synonyms: None.

Status: Native; Critically endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Baccaurea bracteata H18-5123
Seedling at Mandai; 2011.

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Aporosa nervosa

Aporosa nervosa Hook. f.

Recent Synonyms: None.

Status: Native; Vulnerable.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Aporosa nervosa D12-0576
Mandai; 2011.

Aporosa nervosa E6-0985
Mandai; 2011.

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Aporosa lucida var. lucida

Aporosa lucida (Miq.) Airy Shaw var. lucida

Recent Synonyms: Aporosa miqueliana Müll. Arg.

Status: Native; Critically endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Aporosa lucida E6-0992
Mandai; 2011.

Aporosa lucida G4-0875
Mandai; 2011.

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Antidesma coriaceum

Antidesma coriaceum Tul.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Vulnerable.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

IMG_3398
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.

IMG_3394
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.

IMG_3392
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.

IMG_3399
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.


Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.

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Breynia disticha

Breynia disticha J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Recent Synonyms: Breynia nivosa (W. Bull) Small

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Shrub.


Pang Sua Park Connector; Cultivated; 2011.


Pang Sua Park Connector; Cultivated; 2011.

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Glochidion superbum

Glochidion superbum Baill.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Common. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

IMG_1037
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2010.

Overlapping alternative leaves
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2010.

IMG_1035
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2010.

IMG_1040
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2010.

IMG_3374
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.

IMG_3373
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Great-leafed Pin-flower Tree.

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Aporosa frutescens

Aporosa frutescens Blume

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Common. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

P1020998
MacRitchie Trail; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

P1020997
MacRitchie Trail; Secondary forest edge; 2010.


MacRitchie Trail; Secondary forest edge; 2010.


MacRitchie Trail; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

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