52 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
which partly open, the walls inside are covered with 
yellow stinging hairs. ‘The seeds are black with a yellow 
waxy aril. Rare, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, Kranji, 
Chua Chu Kang. 
Coclosteqia Grifithi Benth. “ Punggai.” A very big tree with 
small flowers on the old wood and large round woody 
fruits, the outside, covered with thorns, is black, the inside 
brilliant orange. ‘The bark is used in tanning. Rare, 
Bukit Timah, Garden Jungle. 
Bosehia Grifithii Mast.‘ Duvian-Durian.” A medium sized 
tree with small white flowers and little scarlet durians. 
Rare, Garden Jungle, Bukit Timah. 
STERCULIACES. 
Sterculia macroph,la Vent. <A bie tree with large red pods. 
Rare, Reservoir Woods, Chan Chu Kane. 
S. levis Wall. A shrub or small free with green flowers and 
scarlet pods which split open into 8 to 5 lobes in the form 
of a star, and show the oblong blue-black seeds suspended 
all round the margin. Woods, common, ‘Tanglin, Bukit 
Timah, Pulau Ubin, ete. 
Var with very narrow leaves. Chan Chu Kang, Bukit 
Mandai, Bukit Timah. 
S. rubiginosa Vent. A small or medium sized tree very showy 
in fruit, flowers pink. Common, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, 
ete. 
S. parviflora Vent. Big tree, Garden Jungle. 
S. scaphigera Wall. ‘ Kembang Samangko.” <A very large 
tree, often over 100 feet tall. The fruit in the form of a 
long green boat containing an oblong seed at one end. 
When the seeds are put into water the outer coat swells 
up and becomes mucilaginous, and this mucilage is eaten 
with sugar in the morning to cool the blood. Rare, 
sukit Mandai. 
