Monday, June 20, 2011

Plant survey at Semakau

KY, L and I were over at Semakau for an overnight trip to help with a flora survey for Project Semakau over the weekend.

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It wasn’t easy surveying Semakau and a big factor is due to its infamous swarming mosquitoes. Even though I covered myself from head to toe, they still managed to bite through my clothing.

Here are a few of the plants we found during the trip.

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Yummy looking fruits of Cayratia trifolia.

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A young sapling of Guioa pleuropteris. Pretty common here.

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What we thought was an interesting remnant of a Syzygium flowers actually belonged to an exotic tree, Syzygium malaccense.

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We came across these 2 ponds. Prefect breeding place for mozzies!

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Derris scandens, another coastal climber besides our more common congener Derris trifoliata.

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RY found this Tussock month caterpillar feeding on an Acacia auriculiformis leaf.

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The rare seashore bat lily, Tacca leontopetaloides.

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Here is RY taking photos of the flowers of Derris scandens. Unfortunately, a lot of my photos were screwed because of my camera settings.

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Lots of Guettarda speciosa fruiting.

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The female Caesalpinia bonduc, another rare coastal plant was fruiting. The attractive pearly seed inside need to be scarified before it can germinate.

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Lastly, RY found a sapling of Xylocarpus rumphii!

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