96 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE, 
Canthium sana Roxb. * Mata Keli jantan.” Tidal rivers and . 
зың aces near the sea. Common, Kranji, Selitar, Pulau 
s on g. 
C. d Bl. A tall trea, 20 feet high, with small co 
white flowers and large grey-green plum-shaped frui 
containing two 3-sided stones. Woods, Garden road, ie: 
C. confertum Korth. Garden jungle (4124), Selitar, Pulau 
x x 
C. sp. “ sading.” The white wood, suggesting ivory, gives it 
roe native name, the leaves are used for making a kind of 
a. Not rare, Tanglin, Thomson Road, Selitar, Jurong 
(6506 6). 
C. horridum Korth. “ Bulangan Tikus.” А small thorny shrub, 
with small green flowers pad кс -like yellow fruits 
Common especially near the coast їп dry spots. Tyersal), 
Tanjong Katong, Bukit Timah, Coad etc. 
C. scandens Bl. “Akar Kuku Baning,” lit. tortoise-claws. 
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orny climber with рн leaves, green flowers and 
black fruits. Thick Woods, Garden jungle. 
Ixora nee Jack. A pretty shrub about 4 feet tall with 
clusters of slender flowers white with a pink tube on pa 
bang ag peduncles. Fruit small elliptic dark pur 
Chu Kang, Bukit Tim 
I. opaca Вт. Woods. ge Bukit Timah. 
1. fulgens Roxb. * Bunga Pechah Priok,” lit. the broken pot, 
the red spreading corolla lobes supposed to resemble à 
One of the 
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plants, the splendid orange red trusses of flowers being | 
most conspicuous. Common 2 378 eu Bukit 
Timah, Changi, Pulau Tekong, e 
Г. da ee Roxb. А similar plant with broader бй st 
orter flowers. a Changi, Chan Chu — Ра: 
lau Ubin, Garden jungle. 
