07 April 2011

SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS - PART 1

The Licuala grandis (common name: Ruffled Fan Palm, Palas Palm; Family: Arecaceae / Palmae) is a very common big-leaved fan palm used in the landscape due to its large fan like fronds. When the reddish-orange bunch of berries are produced, it would attract lots of attention.

Then, there was the interesting prostrate creeping groundcover Geophila repens (common name: Snake Pennywort; Family: Rubiaceae) with roundish or reniform-shaped leaves, white flowers and orange berries. Do you know it is another native plant found in Singapore?