MEMECYLON EDULE

This was the only Memecylon edule in the courtyard that flowered profusely recently and the fruits are now produced but they have yet to turn red.

ARENGA

When I first laid my eyes on the pile at the foot of the Arenga, I thought it was a mass of dead beetles. But when I approached nearer, I realized it was a mass of fallen fruits from the palm, fruits that look disgustingly like insects with wings. See what the mind can do to one's imagination? These are just fruits but somehow I felt freaked out by the collective mass.

Don't they look like disgusting insects or shellfish?

MOMORDICA AND CAYRATIA

Throughout the Heritage Gardens and World of Plants are countless arched trellises planted with a wide range of climbers. At the Fruits and Flowers garden are some of most interesting climbers, such as these Momordica cochinchinensis (Common Name: Gac Fruit, Spiny Bitter Gourd; Family: Cucurbitaceae) and a grape-like vine Cayratia mollissima (Synonym: Vitis mollissima; Family: Vitaceae)

In Vietnam, the edible Gac Fruit has red aril and is usually served at ceremonial or festive occasions such as weddings. The Cayratia with small white flowers and artificial looking pink fruits look so sweet although I have no idea if they are edible.

NB on 3 Jan 14: I corrected the mislabeled name Cissus to Cayratia. They are both from the same botanical Family.

SYZYGIUM MALACCENSE

There are quite a number of Syzygium malaccense (Common Name: Malay Rose Apple, Jambu Merah; Family: Myrtaceae), which are slightly different from the Syzygium samarangense (Synonym: Eugenia javanica; Common Name: Jambu Ayer), planted in the garden. 

One of these areas is the Malay Garden and one can sometimes see the beautiful red staminate flowers of this tropical fruit tree before they are pollinated and develop into red crunchy fruits.

BATS

It started with 2 and grew to 3. And then there were 5.

This site cannot hold so many of you around. Disperse before you are discovered and there wouldn't even be a home for you here.

NB on 12 Oct 10: This is confirmed to be the Common Fruit Bat or Lesser Dog-Faced Fruit Bat (scientific name: Cynopterus brachyotis).