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. 
Coclostegia Grifithi Benth. “ Punggai.” А ide b. tree with 
small flowers on the old wood and 1 ound woody 
fruits, the outside, covered with оса 18 black, the inside 
brilliant orange. The bark is used in tanning. Rare, 
Bukit Timah, Garden Jungle. 
Bosehia pods Mast. “Durian-Durian.” A medium sized 
tree with small white flowers and little ee durians. 
tee быз Jungle, Bukit Timah. 
STERCULIACER. 
Sterculia eti qs la Vent. A big tree with large red pods. 
are, Reservoir Woods, Chan © Jhu Kang 
^. levis Wall. A shrub or small tree with green flowers and 
scarlet pods which split open into 3 to 5 lobes in the form 
of a star, and show the oblong blue-black seeds suspended 
all round the margin. W oods , common, Tanglin, Bukit 
Timah, Pulau Ubin, etc, 
Var with very narrow leaves. Chan Chu Kang, Bukit 
Маг Bukit Timah. 
N 
S. €— Vent. A small or medium sized tree very showy 
ruit, flowers pink. Common, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, 
eis 
S. parviflora Vent. Big tree, Garden Jungle. 
S. seaphigera Wall. “Kembang Saman gko." А very large 
ee, often over 100 feet tall. The Fr uit in the form of a 
up and becomes mucilaginous, and this mucilage is eaten 
with sugar in the morni ing to cool the blo od. Rare, 
Bukit Mandai. 
