Showing posts with label papilionaceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label papilionaceae. Show all posts

25 March 2011

KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL

See how much the landscape has matured since the earlier posts by me? I don't need to say more. The only plant I want to highlight in this post is the unusual Butterfly Leaf (scientific name: Christia obcordata; synonym: Lourea obcordata, Hedysarum obcordatum; Family: Papilionaceae), that appears to be a weed in the bed, so named because of its triangular striped leaves supported on a midrib that gives the imagination of the butterfly with opened wings.