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I. concinna Br. A shrub or small tree, flowers red or yellow. 
Rather rare, Chan Chu Kang, Chua Chu Kang. 
1, parviflora Vabl. A tree with small yellow flowers. Rare, 
Chan Chu Kang. 
J, anena Wall. Shrub with orange red flowers not common, 
Serembun, Chua Chu Kang. 
Pavetla indica L. “ Jarum-Jarum.” A large bush with greenish 
white flowers, Kranji, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang. 
Morinda citrijolia L. “ Mengkudu.” <A small rarely large tree 
with white flowers, and large pulpy semitransparent 
heads of fruits. The bark of the root is used for dyeing 
and tanning nets, also in native medicine. The fruit is 
used as soapand eaten. It is very doubtfully wild, 
though it is very common in waste ground. 
M. tuetoria Roxb. “ Mengkudu [tutan.” A smaller shrubby 
plant with narrower leaves possibly the wild form of 
the preceding. Common everywhere in secondary jungle. 
M. persicwfoia Ham. Singapore (Maingay); not seen. 
M, umbellata L. Climbing or erect shrub, heads of fruit small 
orange. Very abundant in open country near the sea. 
Changi, Pulau Ubin. 
M. sp. A tall climber with slender stems pubescent leaves and 
small orange heads of fruits. Garden jungle. 
AM. sp. “Sulong Akar Darat.” A scandent shrub with thick 
leaves pubescent at the back, flowers few in a head 
white with a long tube and pubescent mouth, very fra- 
grant. Borders of woods, Changi, Pulau Ubin, Pulau 
Tekong. 
Prismatomeris albidifora Tuw. A pretty shrub with white 
flowers. Open places near the coasts, also in swampy 
woods. Changi, Bajau, Selitar, near the Bungalow. 
Crynochthodes seblinceolata Mig. A climber with white flowers 
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