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Lagerstroemia indica
(Chinese Crepe Myrtle)
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Family: Lagerstroemia
Origin:Southeast Asia
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Reference: A Field Guide to Tropical Plants of Asia by David H. Engel and Suchart Phummai.
Photographed this row of delightful shrubs in
Lower Peirce Reservoir in August 2006.
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Lagerstroemia
Speciosa
(Pride of India, Rose of India)
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Family: Leguminosae/Mimosaceae
Origin: Tropical America
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Also known as Rose of India and Crepe Myrtle.
There are many trees like these in our parks and I first took notice of
this tree when I saw the beautiful clusters of flowers on the trees up on Kentridge Park. The more common colour is
pink. I have seen clusters of pink and white flowers and this particular
cluster is photographed in West
Coast Park.
It is rather unusual to find the Pride of India flowers of this colour and
I have not seen many trees with blooms of this colour since then.
Yesterday I was at the Singapore Swimming Club
to meet a friend who is a member there. After parking my car on the 4th
storey I happened to see a few trees next to the pool and used my Olympus 10x zoom to capture these blooms. Just when I
said I hardly saw flowers of this colour, I seem to be in luck all of a
sudden.
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Lantana Camara
(Wild sage)
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Family: verbenaceae
Origin: South America
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My first impression was that this plant would be great to have in my
garden because of the colourful appearance. Some condominiums have also
planted them near the entrance to beautify it. It is truly an attractive
plant to grow but I changed my mind after noticing that they do not remain
in this state forever. They can grow out of shape and that means that I
would need to do much maintenance work. Another unattractive feature of the
flower is that it has a pungent smell. The indonesians have named this
plant "chicken droppings" and I do not need to explain more.
Place: West Coast
Park
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Leea Rubra
(Red Leea)
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Family: Leeaceae
Origin:
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This shrub is also found in Malaysia,
Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. I saw this plant
growing in a large pot along the corridor of a shop house in the Chinatown area in one of my wanderings amongst old
buildings that have been designated as conservation structures. The next
time I saw it was in the neighbourhood and subsequently I came across this
shrub in the Botanic Gardens.
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