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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Another pleasant trip to MacRitchie

Here I am, back again in MacRitchie Reservoir Park. This time, with the company of KY, PY and her bf, I managed to take much more pictures of interesting wildlife.

 
Here is a little caterpillar on the stipule of the smelly bean, Parkia speciosa.

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Shiny fruits from this common climber, Gynochthodes sublanceolata.

 
Flowers of Clerodendrum lavifolium.

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Opposite the bank, a giant rattan (Plectocomia elongata) bearing majestic fruits (or flowers?).

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Also, we can see the fruits of the smelly beans tree (Parkia speciosa), with several long-tailed macaques feeding on them.

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It is always pleasant to see flowers and fruits. This unknown Rubiaceae plant has small clustering flowers.

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And carries lots of berries, blackening when ripened. Update: Urophyllum hirsutum.

With the help of KY, I can finally identify Prunus polystachya. This genus have a characteristic butt-like glands at the petiole.

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A shrub with attractive flowers. Can’t wait to know its ID. Update: Chassalia curviflora

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Probably the surprising find of the day. With the help of SD, this is a pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina). There are only two extant species of native monkeys in Singapore, the long-tailed macaque and the banded leaf monkey, so I guess this is probably an escapee.

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Another unknown plant that is fruiting~

Please help if you know the identity! Thanks to WF for the ID.

3 comments:

  1. You guys are very good at identifying plants - I learnt a lot from many of your posts.
    Hope to join your group one day to explore our forest.

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  2. Hmm, actually thats just the few we know out of the many. Haha~

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  3. Looks like you got a lycaenid caterpillar on Petai :)

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