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	Flora @ Sisters' Islands Preliminary Survey 2 Jan 2007 See rocky shore | weathered rocks and cliffs | map of Big & Small Sister Island | A wooded hillock, where some Muslim tombstones are located, occupies much of the western half of Big Sister Island. Trees, notably Tarenna fragrans, dorminate here; its impressive tree-population finding no comparison eslewhere in Singapore, except perhaps, Pulau Jong. Symplocos adenophylla and liana Alyxia reinwardtii -- both locally rare -- can be found here. Adiantum flabellulatum Adinandra dumosa Alstonia macrophylla Alyxia reinwardtii Ardisia elliptica Arthrophyllum diversifolium Asplenium nidus Azadirachta indica Barringtonia asiatica Blechnum finlaysonianum Calophyllum inophyllum Carica papaya Casuarina equisetifolia Claoxylum indicum Cocos nucifera Dalbergia candenatensis Delonix regia Derris trifoliata Desmodium umbellatum Dianella ensifolia Dicranopteris linearis Drynaria quercifolia Elaeis guineensis Eurycoma longifolia Fagraea fragrans Ficus benjamina Ficus superba Guettarda speciosa Guioa pleuropteris Hibiscus tiliaceus Licuala spinosa Lygodium flexuosum Macaranga heynei Mangifera indica Melastoma malabathricum Memecylon edule var. ovatum Microlepia speluncae Morinda citrifolia Morinda umbellata Muntingia calabura Myrica esculenta Nepenthes rafflesiana Nepthrolepis biserrata Pandanus odoratissimus Passiflora suberosa Peltophorum pterocarpum Pittosporum ferrugineum Podocarpus polystachyus Pongamia pinnata Psidium guajava Pteris semipinnata Pteris vitata Pteropcarpus indicus Pyrrosia piloselloides Rapanea porteriana Rhodomyrtus tomentosa Scaveola sericea Symplocos adenophylla Syzygium aqueum Syzygium palembanicum Syzygium zeylanicum Tarenna fragrans Terminalia catappa Thespesia populnea Trema tomentosa Vitex pinnata Youngia japonica Copyright © 2007 by Joseph Lai Tuck Kwong. All rights reserved. No part of the above checklist may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission.
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