The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore Online

Dissochaeta gracilis (Jack) Blume

Recent Synonyms: None.

Status: Native; Vulnerable.

Growth Form or Habit: Climber.

Mandai forest; 2011.

Mandai forest; 2012.

Pternandra coerulescens Jack

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Vulnerable. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Nee Soon Swamp Forest; 2011.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Nee Soon Swamp Forest; 2011.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Nee Soon Swamp Forest; 2011.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Nee Soon Swamp Forest; 2011.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Nee Soon Swamp Forest; 2011.

Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Naturalised. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Herb.

MacRitchie Reservoir; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

Other Information:

Common Name: Koster’s Curse.

More pictures can be found at

(1) Urban Forest website

(2) The Plant Observatory website

Memecylon caeruleum Jack

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Critically endangered. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Hort Park; Cultivated; 2010.

Hort Park; Cultivated; 2010.

Hort Park; Cultivated; 2010.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Memecylon edule Roxb.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Endangered. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Peninsular Malaysia, Gunung Arong; Coastal; 2010.

Peninsular Malaysia, Gunung Arong; Coastal; 2010.

Peninsular Malaysia, Gunung Arong; Coastal; 2010.

Peninsular Malaysia, Gunung Arong; Coastal; 2010.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Melastoma malabathricum L.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Common. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Shrub.

Jurong; 2010.

Tuas; Scrubland; 2009.

Kent Ridge; Secondary forest; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Singapore Rhododendron.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Memecylon minutiflorum Miq.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Critically endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Bukit Batok; Secondary forest near stream; 2010.

Bukit Batok; Secondary forest near stream; 2010.

Pternandra echinata Jack

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Vulnerable. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Tree.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Secondary forest edge; 2010.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Macrolenes echinulata (Naudin) Bakh. f.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Critically endangered.

Growth Form or Habit: Climber.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Freshwater swamp forest; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Freshwater swamp forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Freshwater swamp forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Freshwater swamp forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Freshwater swamp forest edge; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Freshwater swamp forest edge; 2010.

Dissotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Jurong; 2010.

Growth Form or Habit: Climber.

Jurong; 2010.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website