Cultural Heritage and Peripheral Spaces in Singapore by Tai Wei Lim

Author:Tai Wei Lim [Lim, Tai Wei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Plant Life

In addition to aquatic creatures, “The Vascular Plant Flora of Abandoned Plantations in Singapore I: Clementi Forest ” refers to 98 species of vascular plants from 54 families were recorded: 53 native species, 43 exotic and two cryptogenic.18 Some were formerly thought to be extinct.19 The author still managed to see ample plant life inside and along the periphery of the forest. Near the Green Rail Corridor section of the Forest, the author spotted the red banana plant native to the tropics growing under the cover of secondary forest canopies. Around the boundaries of the Forest, moist fertilized soil laid down by the authorities for the cultivation of cow grass at the roadside kerbs often sprouted parasol or puffball mushrooms. They belonged to the white-colored lepiota family of mushrooms that are found in both Europe and tropical countries, and which are mostly toxic. Walking through what used to be the squatter farms located at the periphery of the Jurong Railway, the author spotted trees that were formerly cultivated in plantations in the area but are now abandoned and left to grow wild. These trees produced fruits such as mangoes and guavas. Some of them continue to be cultivated in community gardens found near Clementi Park. Clementi Neighbourhood Park is one of the green spaces found along Clementi Road built for nearby Sunset Way and Ulu Pandan residents for the purpose of exercising in the fresh air. Old banyan trees grow at the periphery of the Forests near Clementi Neighbourhood Park that seem to be decades old; at least one had to make way for the road-widening scheme which was required to ease traffic conditions. In this park and its surroundings at the Ulu Pandan periphery of the Forest, flower pods exploded spreading their seeds far and wide. Flower pods in their unexploded state are often mistaken for fruits.

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