1. Bucida buceras 2.

Casuariana Nobilis

Botanical name : Bucida buceras Botanical name : Casuariana nobilis

Common name : Bullet tree, black olive Common name :
tree, gregory wood, Antigua whitewood, Bornean Ru, Rhu Ronang, Bornean Rhu
and oxhorn bucida
Family name : Combretaceae Family name : Casuarinaceae
Origin : Mexico, Central Origin : Borneo
America, the Caribbean Function :Barrier
Function : Shades

Characteristic:
Characteristic:
 hard and durable. high resistance to
insects and fungus
 used for house posts or bridge
timbers.
 The bark may be used for tanning
leather
 Commonly found in coastal swamps
and wet inland forests.
 Mid-canopy tree up to 40 m tall and
50 cm dbh.
 Twigs needle-shaped with a few
lateral branches. Leaves scale-like.
 Young inflorescences in small cone-
like structure, female ones developing
into rounded cones of ca. 22 mm long.
 Commonly planted at roadsides and
in gardens. The timber is useful for
construction and fuel
 3. Samanea saman
Botanical name :Samanea saman
Common name : Saman, rain tree and
monkeypod
Family name : Fabaceae
Origin : Neotropics
Function : Shades, Nesting
Characteristic:
 Growth Form: Medium-sized leguminous
tree, 10-20m height. Crown spreading
and umbrella-shaped.
 Foliage: Leaves green, bipinnately-
compound. Leaflets asymmetrical, about
half the size of those found on the normal
species form.
 Flowers: Powderpuff inflorescences with
showy pink-white filaments. Mature
specimens (eg. at Changi Beach Park)
known to flower and produce seedpods
under local conditions.
4. Mesua ferrea
Botanical name : Mesua ferrea
Common name : Ceylon ironwood
Family name : Calophyllaceae
Origin :
India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indochina,
Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia
Function :Barrier
Characteristic:
 The tree can grow over 30 m tall,
often buttressed at the base with a
trunk up to 2 m in diameter.
 The bark of younger trees has an ash
grey color with flaky peelings, while
of old trees the bark is dark ash-grey
with a red-brown blaze.
 It has simple, opposite, narrow,
oblong to lanceolate, blue-grey to
dark green leaves that are 7–15 cm
long and 1.5–3.5 cm wide, with a
whitish underside.
 The fruit is an ovoid to globose
capsule with one to two seeds.
 1. Bucida buceras 2. Casuariana Nobilis

Botanical name : Bucida buceras Botanical name : Casuariana nobilis

Common name : Bullet tree, black olive Common name :
tree, gregory wood, Antigua whitewood, Bornean Ru, Rhu Ronang, Bornean Rhu
and oxhorn bucida
Family name : Combretaceae Family name : Casuarinaceae
Origin : Mexico, Central Origin : Borneo
America, the Caribbean Function :Barrier
Function : Shades

Characteristic:
Characteristic:
 hard and durable. high resistance to
insects and fungus
 used for house posts or bridge
timbers.
 The bark may be used for tanning
leather
 Commonly found in coastal swamps
and wet inland forests.
 Mid-canopy tree up to 40 m tall and
50 cm dbh.
 Twigs needle-shaped with a few
lateral branches. Leaves scale-like.
 Young inflorescences in small cone-
like structure, female ones developing
into rounded cones of ca. 22 mm long.
 Commonly planted at roadsides and
in gardens. The timber is useful for
construction and fuel
 3. Samanea saman
Botanical name :Samanea saman
Common name : Saman, rain tree and
monkeypod
Family name : Fabaceae
Origin : Neotropics
Function : Shades, Nesting
Characteristic:
 Growth Form: Medium-sized leguminous
tree, 10-20m height. Crown spreading
and umbrella-shaped.
 Foliage: Leaves green, bipinnately-
compound. Leaflets asymmetrical, about
half the size of those found on the normal
species form.
 Flowers: Powderpuff inflorescences with
showy pink-white filaments. Mature
specimens (eg. at Changi Beach Park)
known to flower and produce seedpods
under local conditions.
4. Mesua ferrea
Botanical name : Mesua ferrea
Common name : Ceylon ironwood
Family name : Calophyllaceae
Origin :
India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indochina,
Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia
Function :Barrier
Characteristic:
 The tree can grow over 30 m tall,
often buttressed at the base with a
trunk up to 2 m in diameter.
 The bark of younger trees has an ash
grey color with flaky peelings, while
of old trees the bark is dark ash-grey
with a red-brown blaze.
 It has simple, opposite, narrow,
oblong to lanceolate, blue-grey to
dark green leaves that are 7–15 cm
long and 1.5–3.5 cm wide, with a
whitish underside.
 The fruit is an ovoid to globose
capsule with one to two seeds.
 Botanical name: Excoecaria cochinchinensis Botanical name : Pandanus pygmaeus
Common name : Chinese Croton Common name : Dwarft Screw Pine
Family name : Euphorbiaceae Family name : Pandanaceae

Botanical name : Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Botanical name : Andira inermis

Common name : Bunga Raya Common name : Kedondong Hutan
Family name : Malvaceae Family name : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Botanical name : Sanchezia speciose Botanical name : Mesua ferrea

Common name : Zebra Plant, Yellow Common name : Ceylon ironwood
Sanchezia Family name : Calophyllaceae
Family name : Acanthaceae

Botanical name : Peltophorum pterocarpum Botanical name : Osmoxylon lineare

Common name : Yellow Flame Common name : Green Aralia
Family name : Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Family name : Araliaceae

Botanical name : Ruella simplex Botanical name : Bougainvillea

Common name : Mexican Petunia, Desert Common name : Bougainvillea ‘Surpirse’
Petunia, Family name : Nyctaginaceae
Family name : Acanthaceae

Botanical name : Ixora cultivar Botanical name : Quisqualis indica

Common name : Jungle geranium, Jungle Common name : Rangoom
flame Creeper,Drunken sailor, Akar suloh
Family name : Rubiaceae Family name : Combretaceae