DUXTON PLAIN PARK - PART 2

The previous post was on the fauna that I saw at Duxton Plain Park. This one is dedicated to the flora.

This is one of the few locations where this native creeper Geophila repens grows. Other places include Pearl's Hill City Park, Fort Canning Park and a state land along Orchard Road. This creeper has interesting heart-shaped leaves, white flowers and orange berries.

Nearer the main road Eu Tong Sen Street was a tall specimen of a Couroupita guianensis (common name: Cannonball Tree; Family: Lecythidaceae) with beautiful cauliflorus flowers. A link is provided below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couroupita_guianensis

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?

http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/4_888