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G. atroviridis Griff. " Asam Gelugur." A beautiful tree, leaves 

 bright red when young, deep green when old. Flowers 

 large red. Fruit large succulent, flattened at both ends, 

 and grooved all round, orange color stigma and persis- 

 tent sepals reJ. It is dried in the sun and used in curries. 

 It makes excellent preserves and pies. Doubtfully wild 

 here. Tanglin, Tanjong Penjuru. 



G. Griffithii T. Anders. " KaridisGajah." Tree with large leaves. 

 Flowers hardly opening greenish yellow. Fruit resem- 

 bling an apple in form and color, acid, but eatable when 

 cooked. Common in woods, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, 

 Blakang Mati, Chan Chu Kang. 



G. JJaiicana Miq. Tidal rivers, Kranji, Selitar. 



G. nigrolhieata Pierre " Kandis." Tree, unisexual, flowers 

 small yellow, fruits small globose orange, eatable. Com- 

 mon, \Voods and open country. Changi, Tengeh, Sungei 

 Morai. 



(/. parvifoliuin Miq. Garden jungle. 



G. Furbem King. Small tree, flowers cream or pink, fruits 

 small crimson, eatable. Not very common, Garden jungle, 

 Bukit Mandai, Chua Chu Kang. 



G. nervosa Miq. Rare, Pulau Ubin, Serangoon Road. 



G. dulcis Kurz. " Mundu." Probably not wild here, Gardens 

 and villages. 



Calophyllum. Trees with white flowers and green or purplish 

 drupes. 



C. pulcherrimum Wall. Common, Garden jungle, Changi, Kranji. 



C, tpectabile Willd. " Bintangor Bunut." Garden jungle, Bukit 

 Timah, Selitar 



C. retusum Wall. Singapore, (Wallich). 



C. canum Ilook. fil. Not common, Tanglin, Bukit Mandai. 



