Scurrula ferruginea (Roxb. ex Jack) Danser
Recent Synonyms: –
Status: Native; Critically endangered.
Growth Form or Habit: Hemi-parasitic epiphyte.
Kent Ridge; 2011.
East Cast Park; 2011.
East Cast Park; 2011.
Kent Ridge; 2011.
Other Information:
Common Name: Rusty-leaf Mistletoe.
Taxillus chinensis (DC.) Danser
Recent Synonyms: –
Status: Native; Critically endangered.
Growth Form or Habit: Hemi-parasitic epiphyte.
East Cast Park; 2011.
East Cast Park; 2011.
East Cast Park; 2011.
Other Information:
Common Name: Mistletoe.
Erythropalum scandens Blume
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Vulnerable.
Growth Form or Habit: Climber.
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.
Strombosia ceylanica Gardn.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Vulnerable.
Growth Form or Habit: Tree.
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2010.
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2010.
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2010.
Leaves: Alternate. Glabrous. Bend at the petiole.
More pictures can be found at
(1) Plants of Southeast Asia website
Champereia manillana (Blume) Merr.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Common. Cultivated.
Growth Form or Habit: Tree.
Punggol End; Secondary forest; 2010.
Punggol End; Secondary forest; 2010.
Central Catchment Nature Reserve; 2011.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Ximenia americana L.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Common. Cultivated.
Growth Form or Habit: Shrub.
Loyang; mangrove; 2010.
Loyang; mangrove; 2010.
Viscum ovalifolium Wall. ex DC.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Common.
Growth Form or Habit: Hemi-parasitic epiphyte.
National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4; Urban; 2010.
National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4; Urban; 2011.
Other Information:
Common Name: Uncommon Mistletoe.
Other Comments: It is much less frequently encountered compared to Dendrophthoe pentandra and Macrosolen cochinchinensis. Its status probably needs to be updated.
More pictures can be found at
(1) Urban Forest website
Macrosolen cochinchinensis (Lour.) Tiegh.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Common.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010. Red flowers seen belong to the host, a starfruit tree.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
Queenstown; Urban; 2010.
NUS, 2012; yellow flowers; on a Cratoxylum formosum tree.
Other Information:
Common Name: Mistletoe
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Common.
Singapore Science Centre; Urban; 2010.
Growth Form or Habit: Epiphyte.
Singapore Science Centre; Urban; 2010.
Queen’s Road; Urban; 2010.
Kent Ridge; 2011.
Other Information:
Common Name: Mistletoe
More pictures can be found at
(1) Urban Forest website
The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore Online 