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Table 3. Twenty-one of the 61 rediscoveries compiled by Chong et al. (2012) were collected in 
our plots. The table shows their presence in the Nee Soon catchment in this study. Occurrence 
refers to the number of plots where the species was present, while the number of stems refers 
to the number of woody stems > 5 cm DBH. 
S/No. 
Species 
Family 
Habit 
Occurrence 
No. of 
stems 
1. 
Actinodaphne macrophylla 
(Blume) Nees 
Lauraceae 
tree 
4 
1 
2. 
Aglaia elliptica Blume ssp. 
elliptica 
Meliaceae 
tree 
2 
1 
3. 
Dalbergia parviflora Roxb. 
Fabaceae 
climber 
1 
4. 
Dichapetalum sordidum 
(Hook.f.) Leenh. 
Dichapetalaceae 
climber 
1 
5. 
Dioscorea orbiculata Hook.f. 
var. tenuifolia (Ridl.) Thapyai 
Dioscoreaceae 
climber 
9 
6. 
Dracaena singapurensis Ridl. 
Asparagaceae 
shrub 
1 
7. 
Fagraea splendens Blume 
Gentianaceae 
epiphyte 
4 
8. 
Friesodielsia glauca (Hook.f. 
& Thomson) Steen. 
Annonaceae 
climber 
9 
9. 
Grenacheria amentacea 
(C.B.Clarke) Mez 
Primulaceae 
climber 
9 
10. 
Helicia excelsa (Roxb.) 
Blume 
Proteaceae 
tree 
2 
11. 
Hypserpa nitida Miers 
Menispermaceae 
climber 
2 
12. 
Knema glaucescens Jack 
Myristicaceae 
tree 
3 
2 
13. 
Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) 
Maxim, ssp. ridleyi (King) 
Beusekom 
Sabiaceae 
tree 
1 
14. 
Neesia malayana Bakh. 
Malvaceae 
tree 
4 
5 
15. 
Nephelium laurinum Blume 
Sapindaceae 
tree 
6 
5 
16. 
Rourea acutipetala Miq. ssp. 
acutipetala 
Connaraceae 
climber 
6 
17. 
Salacia maingayi 
M.A.Lawson 
Celastraceae 
climber 
2 
18. 
Strychnos axillaris Colebr. 
Loganiaceae 
climber 
1 
19. 
Syzygium kunstleri (King) 
Bahadur & R.C. Gaur 
Myrtaceae 
tree 
1 
1 
20. 
Syzygium scortechinii (King) 
Chantar. & J.Pam. 
Myrtaceae 
tree 
1 
21. 
Uncaria attenuata Korth. 
Rubiaceae 
climber 
1 
