The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore Online

Vatica pauciflora Blume

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Critically endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Nee Soon Swamp Forest; Swamp Forest; 2011.

Nee Soon Swamp Forest; Swamp Forest; 2011.

Habitat: Swamp forest.

Vatica rassak Blume

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Lornie Road; Cultivated; 2011.

Lornie Road; Cultivated; 2011.

Lornie Road; Cultivated; 2011.

More pictures can be found at

(1) Plants of Southeast Asia website

Dipterocarpus kunstleri King

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Critically endangered. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Lornie Trail; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Lornie Trail; 2010.

Other Information:

Common Name: Keruing gombang merah.

More pictures can be found at:

(1) Flora Singapura website

Shorea ovalis Blume ssp. ovalis

Recent Synonyms: Vatica ovalis Korth.; Shorea eximia (Miq.) Scheff; Shorea sericea Dyer; Shorea rigida Brandis.

Status: Native; Critically endangered. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Lornie Trail; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Lornie Trail; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Lornie Trail; 2010.

Other Information:

Common Name: Meranti kepong.

Shorea macroptera Dyer ssp. macroptera

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Vulnerable. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Lornie Trail; 2010.

Other Information:

Common Name: Melantai.

Shorea pauciflora King

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Vulnerable. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Lornie Trail; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Lornie Trail; 2010.

Other Information:

Common Name: Nemesu.

Dipterocarpus costulatus Slooten

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Vulnerable.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Peninsular Malaysia, Gunung Arong; 2010.

Leaves: Typically ovate-elliptic, blunt at the apex and a sharply wedged shaped at the base. About 14 pairs of prominent nerves. Strongly ridged along the veins.

Distribution: Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and northern Borneo.

Other Information:

Common Name: Keruing Kipas.

References:

1) FMD

More pictures can be found at:

(1) Flora Singapura website

Hopea mengarawan Miq.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Endangered. Cultivated

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Pearl’s Hill City Park; Cultivated; 2010.

Pearl’s Hill City Park; Cultivated; 2010.

Pearl’s Hill City Park; Cultivated; 2010.

MacRitchie; 2010.

More pictures can be found at:

(1) Flora Singapura website

Hopea odorata Roxb.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree. Pyramidal or conical in young trees.

Hougang; Cultivated; 2010.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Hougang; Cultivated; 2010.

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City; Cultivated; 2011.

Leaves: Usually ovate-oblong, unequal-side and about 13 x 6 cm. About 11-nerved. Domatia at the lower half of the underside of leaves is dialogistic of this species.

Habitat: A riparian species rarely growing far from streams.

Occurrence: Cultivated only. Very widely grown as a roadside tree.

Distribution: Bangladesh to Indonesia.

Other Information:

Common Name: Cengal Pasir.

Reference:

(1) FMD

More pictures can be found at

(1) Urban Forest website

Shorea acuminata Dyer

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Leaves: Ovate-lanceolate and acuminate. In-roll margins. Unequal leaf base. About 9 x 4 cm and about 8-nerved.

Distribution: Sumatra to the Moluccas.

Reference:

1) FMD