Mangrove and wetland wildlife at
Sungei Buloh Nature Park
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Some plants commonly seen at Sungei Buloh

By form

Mangrove trees
(growing in seawater)
Avicennia in general
Api Api Putih (Avicennia alba)
Api Api Ludat (Avicennia officinalis)
Api Api Bulu (Avicennia rumphiana)
Bakau Putih (Bruguiera cylindrica)
Tumu (Bruguiera gymnorrhizha)
Rhizophora in general
Bakau Minyak (Rhizophora apiculata)
Rhizophora mucronata
Bakau Kurap (Rhizophora mucronata)
Mangrove Apple (Sonneratia spp.)

Trees/plants associated with mangroves
Alexandrine Laurel (Callophyllum inophyllum)
Blind Your Eye (Excoecaria agallocha)
Great Morinda (Morinda citrifolia)
Sea Almond Tree (Terminalia catappa)
Portia Tree (Thespesia populnea)
Sea Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Sea Poison Tree (Barringtonia asiatica)
Crinum Lily (Crinum asiaticum)
Sea Holly (Acanthus ilicifolius and A. ebracteatus)
Mangrove Fern (Acrostichum aureum)


Trees not specific to mangroves but found in the Park
Cherry Tree (Muntingia calabura)
Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis)
Saga Seed Tree (Adenanthera pavonina)
Simpoh Air (Dillenia suffruticosa)
African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulata)

Palms
Fishtail Palm (Caryota mitis)
Nipah Palm (Nypa fruticans)

Bushes
Seven Golden Candlesticks (Cassia/Senna alata)
Straits Rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum)

Climbers
Common Derris (Derris trifoliata)

Herbs and grasses
Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum)

Ferns
Resam (Dicranopteris linearis)

Freshwater plants
Cattail (Typha augustifolia)
Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
Water Lily (Nympaea spp.)
Duckweed(Lemnacea)
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

By family

Family Leguminosae
Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis)
Seven Golden Candlesticks (Cassia/Senna alata)
Common Derris (Derris trifoliata)

Family Clusiaceae
Alexandrine Laurel (Callophyllum inophyllum)

Family Avicenniaceae
Avicennia in general
Api Api Putih (Avicennia alba)
Api Api Ludat (Avicennia officinalis)
Api Api Bulu (Avicennia rumphiana)

Family Eurphorbiaceae
Blind Your Eye (Excoecaria agallocha)

Family Rhizophoraceae
Bakau Putih (Bruguiera cylindrica)
Tumu (Bruguiera gymnorrhizha)
Rhizophora in general

Bakau Minyak (Rhizophora apiculata)
Bakau (Rhizophora stylosa)

Family Typhaceae
Cattail (Typha augustifolia)

Family Elaeocarpaceae
Cherry Tree (Muntingia calabura)

Family Lemnacea
Duckweed

Family Poaceae
Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum)

Family Nymphaeaceae
Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
Water Lily (Nympaea spp.)

Family Melastomataceae
Straits Rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum)

Family Combretaceae
Great Morinda (Morinda citrifolia)
Sea Almond Tree (Terminalia catappa)

Family Palmae
Family Arecaceae
Fishtail Palm (Caryota mitis)
Macarthur Palm (Ptyschosperma macarthuri)
Nipah Palm (Nypa fruticans)

Family Malvaceae
Portia Tree (Thespesia populnea)
Sea Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus)

Family Gleicheniaceae
Resam (Dicranopteris linearis)

Family Fabaceae
Saga Seed Tree (Adenanthera pavonina)

Family Acanthaceae
Sea Holly (Acanthus ilicifolius and A. ebracteatus)

Family Lecythidaceae
Sea Poison Tree (Barringtonia asiatica)

Family Dilleniaceae
Simpoh Air (Dillenia suffruticosa)

Family Sonneratiaceae
Mangrove Apple (Sonneratia spp.)

Family Pontederiacea
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Family Pteridaceae
Mangrove Fern (Acrostichum aureum)

Family Bignoniaceae
African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulata)

Family Amaryllidaceae
Crinum Lily (Crinum asiaticum)