Showing posts with label trifoliate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trifoliate. Show all posts

04 April 2011

SENTOSA - PART 14

There was another huge Heritage Tree up the trail. But what attracted me were 2 attractive weeds - a serrated leaved Torenia and a trifoliate unknown weed with small violet flowers.

On the lawn was also large amounts of red fruits from the Carpentaria acuminata (common name: Carpentaria Palm; Family: Arecaceae / Palmae) palm. This is another lovely palm that I fell in love with when I saw its regal form with beautiful fronds and masses of scarlet red fruits. Its tiny creamy-white flowers look insignificant. 2 links are shown here for reference:

Finally, there is this huge tree, which I suspected to be a Lecythis with an interesting crown.


NB on 18 Mar 12: Why didn't I think of referring to the BP sponsored book "A Guide to the Wildflowers of Singapore" earlier? Through this book, I managed to identify the above plants as Torenia polygonoides and the trifoliate weed is Desmodium triflorum (common name: Black Clover, Lesser Clover-leaved Desmodium).











22 August 2010

PSEUDOWEINMANNIA LACHNOCARPA

I purchased this plant from Australia's Yuruga Nursery because of its pretty pinkish trifoliate and serrated new leaf flushes.

The common name is Rose Marara, Scrub Rosewood, and its synonyms are Weinmannia lachnocarpa and Geissois lachnocarpa. The Family is the very obscure Cunoniaceae.

Little did I know that this is actually a huge Australian rainforest tree that can grow up to 40 m tall with prominent buttress roots. The flowers are supposedly without petals.

2 links are attached below for reference: