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Plants commonly found in Singapore |
| You do not have to go far to find trees and shrubs in your neighborhood. I remembered my Iranian friend on his first trip to Singapore commented that Singapore is like a Paradise... He was referring to the pretty plants and flowers. |
| ** Tamarind added 4/17/05 |
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| Belinjau (Gnetum gnenom) - Flowers of Keropok Tree. | Jelutong (Dyera costulata) - Chewing Gum Tree. Find out how the latex was once harvested to make the base substrate for chewing gum. | Pulai (Alstonia angustiloba) with umbrella- like multi-tier canopies. |
| One cool night (after a heavy downpour) I walked pass a rows of flowering Belinjau and was greeted with a sweet sickening smell. | In the background is another common wayside tree - Tanjong tree. |
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| Eucalyptus trees with willow-like leaf - acid ID test : crushed a leaf and smell aromatic oil released. | Figs ripening in April. Don't remember seeing it flower. Why? The flowers are located INSIDE the fruits. Chinese name is 'wu hua guo' or ' fruit with no flower' | Medusa's hair ? - No its Fishtail palm's ( Caryota mitis) berries! |
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Golden Shower( Cassia fistula) with 'foot-long' seed-pod |
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| Hanging like a giant tongue (4" width and easy a foot long!) - Seed Pod of Saraca | African Tulip ( Spathodea campanulata). Note the elongated pod. |
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| Peanuts growing on tree ? No, this is Tamarind ( Tamarindus indica ). From the three and half inch long fruit you obtain 'asam java ' April 17 '05. | Close-up of the tiny flower showing what gave the flowering tree a gold - yellowish tinge dotted with red color. The unopened flower bud is red, and petals are lined with blood-red 'vein'. April 17 '05. |