Dissotis rotundifolia also known as Spanish Shawl, Trailing Tibouchina, Dwarf Tibouchina and Pink Lady originally from Tropical West Africa. The name rotundifolia referring to the rounded leaves.
Showy bright pink-purple flowers 2 inches wide and velvet leaves create a special ground cover. It is a slender creeper. The stems are four angled and rooting at the nodes. Everbloomer.
Photos: KTPH Singapore 20120308
Mimosa pudica [Latin: pudica “shy, bashful or shrinking”]; also called Sensitive Plant and Touch-me-not, is a creeping annual or perennial herb often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, re-opening minutes later. The species is native to South America and Central America, but is now a pantropical weed.
Mimosa pudica can form root nodules that are inhabitable by nitrogen fixing bacteria. The bacteria are able to convert atmospheric nitrogen, which plants can not use, into a form that plants can use. This trait is common among plants in the Fabaceae family.
Many common names Sensitive plant, Humble plant, Shameful plant, Sleeping grass, Touch-me-not, Ant-Plant. Other non-English common names include Makahiya [Philippines], Putri Malu [Indonesia; Shy Princess], Pokok Semalu [Malaysian; shy plant].
Photos taken @ AdmPark SG 20120422
Source: Wikipedia
NOG, SBG 20120313
Bright white orchids with amazing pink blush on the petals, sepal and lip.
HortPark, Singapore 20120323
Scientific name: Antigonon leptopus
Common names: Coral Vine, Coral Vine, Chain of Love, Hearts on a Chain, Coral Bells, Queen’s Jewels,Chinese Love Vine, San Miquelito Vine, Coralita, Confederate Vine, Sandwich Island Creeper, Honolulu Creeper, Mexican Creeper, Rose of Montana Vine.
Chinese name: 珊瑚藤 [Shānhú téng], Malay/Indonesian name: Air Mata Pengantin or A Bride’s Tears [of happiness?]
HortPark, Singapore 20120323
Antigonon leptopus is a fast growing climbing vine that holds via tendrils. It has cordate [heart shaped], sometimes triangular leaves, it forms underground tubers and large rootstocks, it is a prolific seed producer.
HortPark, Singapore 20120323
It grows all over town through hedgesovers, arbors, pergolas, and walls. The white variety is Antigonon leptopus Alba. Pink or white both have pretty heart shaped flowers, leaves and fruit pods 🙂
Afgekia is a small genus of large perennial climbing shrubs native to Asia, reminiscent of the related genus Wisteria. The genus was named from the initials of Arthur Francis George Kerr [1877–1942], an Irish-born plant collector who worked in then-Siam in the early twentieth century. His initials were spelled out as ‘AFGEK’.
Botanically known as of Afgekia sericea, this vine is a species that is thought to be endemic to Thailand.
HortPark, Singapore [20120323]
HortPark, Singapore [20120323]
Its flowers, produced in a spike held on a long, flexible stalk, are exceptionally showy. Each pea flower-like blossom is pink in colour, covered with fine hairs and spots a yellow-orange spot in the center. Lasting for only one day, flowers open successively from the base of the flower stalk towards the tip.
Source:
Wikipedia, gardeningwithwilson.com
Imbiah Hill, Sentosa, 20120407
Impatiens balsamina [Garden Balsam or Rose Balsam] is a species of Impatiens native to China, Malaysia, India, Southeast Asia. In many English speaking countries they are known as “Touch me Not”, possibly due to the ripe seed pods explosively bursting when touched.
Imbiah Hill, Sentosa, 20120407
It is an annual plant growing to 20–75 cm tall, with a thick, but soft stem. The leaves are spirally-arranged, 2.5–9 cm long and 1–2.5 cm broad, with a deeply toothed margin.
Imbiah Hill, Sentosa, 20120407
Its flowers are cup-shaped, semi-double or fully double, looking like camellia blossoms, produced in the leaf axils of plants. The flowers color can be red, pink, purple, cream or white and are pollinated by bees and other insects, and also by nectar-feeding birds. The flowers are followed by explosive seed capsules.
Photo: Internet.
Medicinal uses
The flowers are used to treat snake bites and lumbago
In Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines, the leaves are being used to heal wounds
The Chinese use the seeds to treat difficult labor, to relieve pain after labor, to increase the menstrual flow, to expel phlegm from the respiratory passages and as an antidote to fish poisoning
Source:
Wikipedia
Medicinal Plants in Singapore
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