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 Griffitlni Benth. '• Punggai." A very big' tree with 

 small flowers on the old wood and large round woody 

 fruits, the outside, covered with thorns, is black, the inside 

 brilliant orange. The bark is used in tanning. Rare, 

 Bukit Timah, Garden Jungle. 



Bozclda Griffitftii Mast. " Durian-Durian." A medium sized 

 tree with small white flowers and little scarlet durians. 

 Rare, Garden Jungle, Bukit Timah. 



Sterculiacejs. 



Sterculia macropfa, I a Vent. A big tree with large red pods. 

 Rare, Reservoir Woods, Chan Chu Kang. 



S. laivis Wall. A shrub or small tree with green flow r ers 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. Woods, common, Tanglin, Bukit 

 Timah, Pulau Ubin, etc. 



Var with very narrow leaves. Chan Chu Kang, Bukit 

 Mandai, Bukit Timah. 



S. ruhiginosa Vent. A small or medium sized tree very showy 

 in fruit, flowers pink. Common, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, 

 etc. 



S. parviflora Vent. Big tree, Garden Jungle. 



S. scaphigera Wall. " Kern bang Samangko." A very large 

 tree, often over 100 feet tall. The fruit in the form of a 

 long green boat containing an oblong seed at one end. 

 When the seeds are put into water the outer coat swells 

 up and becomes mucilaginous, and this mucilage is eaten 

 with sugar in the morning to cool the blood. Rare, 

 Bukit Mandai. 



