96 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
Canthium didymum Roxb. “ Mata Keli jantan.” Tidal rivers and 
other places near the sea. Common, Kranji, Selitar, Pulau 
Tekong. 
C. glabrum Bl. A tall trea, 20 feet high, with small greenish 
white flowers and large grey-green plum-shaped fruits 
containing two 3-sided stones. Woods, Garden road, Toas. 
C. confertum Korth. Garden jungle (4124), Selitar, Pulau 
Tekong. 
C. sp. “Gading.” The white wood, suggesting ivory, gives it 
its native name, the leaves are used for making a kind of 
tea. Not rare, Tanglin, Thomson Road, Selitar, Jurong 
(6506). 
C. horridum Korth. ‘“ Bulangan Tikus.” A small thorny shrub, 
with small green flowers and plum-like yellow fruits. 
Common especially near the coast in dry spots. Tyersal, 
Tanjong Katong, Bukit Timah, Changi, etc. 
C. scandens Bl. “ Akar Kuku Baning,” lit. tortoise-claws. A 
thorny climber with pubescent leaves, green flowers and 
black fruits. Thick Woods, Garden jungle. 
Ivora pendula Jack. <A pretty shrub about 4 feet tall with 
clusters of slender flowers white with a pink tube on long 
hanging peduncles. Fruit small elliptic dark purple. 
Common in thick woods. Garden jungle, Changi, Chan 
Chu Kang, Bukit Timah. 
I, opaca Br, Woods. Changi; Bukit Timah. 
I. fulgens Roxb. ‘“ Bunga Pechah Priok,” lit. the broken pot, 
the red spreading corolla lobes supposed to resemble a 
broken earthenware pot. One of the showiest native 
plants, the splendid orange red trusses of flowers being 
most conspicuous. Common in woods, Tanglin, Bukit 
Timah, Changi, Pulau Tekong, etc. 
J. congesta Roxb. A similar plant with broader leaves and 
shorter flowers. Common, Changi, Chan Chu Kang, Pu- 
lau Ubin, Garden jungle. 
