Scientific Name: Nelumbo Nucifera

Family Name: Nelumbonaceae

Common Name/s: Lotus, Teratai, Sacred Lotus, East Indian Lotus
Plant Origin: Asia and northeast Australia
Growth Measurements: Leaves (60cm across) rise above the water surface on 1-2m long petioles.
Landscape Usage: Pond / Lake / River
Description: Nelumbo nucifera may be found in a variety of shallow wetland environments, including
floodplains, ponds, lakes, pools, lagoons, marshes, swamps, and the backwaters of reservoirs, in mild
temperate to tropical climates.

Scientific Name: Pistia Stratiotes

Family Name: Araceae
Common Name/s: Water Lettuce, Kiamfang, Water-Bonnet, Nile Cabbage, Shell-Flower
Plant Origin: Pantropical
Growth Measurements: Maximum Height 0.2 m Maximum Plant Spread / Crown Width0.3 m
Landscape Usage: Riverine, Aquarium / Aquascape, Phytoremediation (Ground / Water Contaminant(s))
Description: A free-floating, frost-sensitive aquatic perennial known as water lettuce is frequently utilized as
an attractive plant in water gardens. It produces rosettes (4-6" across) of velvety, soft, emerald-green leaves
that are fluted, wedge-shaped, and covered in water-repellent hairs.

Scientific Name: Typha Angustifolia

Family Name: Typhaceae
Common Name/s: Narrow-leaf Cat Tail, Soft Flag, Lesser Bulrush, Narrow-leaf Reedmace, Nail-rod, Banat
Plant Origin: Northern Africa, Europe, Middle & Western Temperate Asia, China, North America
(naturalised)
Growth Measurements: Maximum Height 1.5m to 3m
Landscape Usage: Riverine, Phytoremediation (Ground / Water Contaminant(s))
Description: A perennial herbaceous marsh plant with an underground spreading rhizome may be found in
both the wild and cultivated settings across the northern hemisphere, including Singapore and Malaysia.

Scientific Name: Equisetum Hyemale

Family Name: Equisetaceae
Common Name/s: Scouring Rush, Rough Horsetail, Dutch Rush
Plant Origin: Eurasia, North America
Growth Measurements: Maximum Height 1m to 2m
Landscape Usage: Pond / Lake / River, Aquarium / Aquascape, Phytoremediation (Ground / Water
Contaminant(s))
Description: It is a non-flowering, rhizomatous, evergreen perennial that is endemic to most of Eurasia,
Canada, and the United States, including Missouri. It is also known as scouring rush or rough horsetail.

Scientific Name: Wolffia Globosa

Family Name: Araceae
Common Name/s: Asian Watermeal, Duckweed
Plant Origin: It is native to Asia and is found in parts of the Americas and Africa, where it is an introduced
species.
Growth Measurements: Wolffia globosa has been described as the world's smallest flowering plant, at 0.1–
0.2 mm (0.004–0.008 in) in diameter.
Landscape Usage: It is mostly used for pasture.
Description: is a kind of flowering plant also known as duckweed and Asian watermeal. On the surface of
still freshwater bodies, such ponds, lakes, and marshes, it develops in mats. It is a very little plant with an oval
form but no leaves, stalks, or roots.

Scientific Name: Calophyllum Inophyllum

Family Name: Calophyllaceae
Common Name/s: Penaga Laut, Bintangor Laut, Borneo Mahogany, Alexandrine Laurel, Alexandrian
Laurel, Alexandra Laurel, Indian Laurel, Laurel Wood, Beauty Leaf, Nyamplung, Penaga, Bodek Laut, Paku
Achu, Bintangur Bunga
Plant Origin: East Africa to Australia
Growth Measurements: Maximum Height 30m
Landscape Usage: Coastal, Roadside Tree / Palm
Description: A tree with glossy oval-shaped leaves, sweet-smelling white blossoms, and spherical green
fruits, also known as Penaga Laut. In addition to offering shade, it is widely used locally as a source of dye,
oil, lumber, and medicines.

Scientific Name: Acanthus Camptostemon

Family Name: Malvaceae
Common Name/s: Gapas-Gapas, Bungalon, Libatong-Puti
Plant Origin: Central Malesia, Northern Australia
Landscape Usage: Mouldings, interior finish, household utensils, carving and inlaying
Description: The tree species known as Camptostemon philippinense belongs to the mallow family. They
have a growth type that can maintain itself. They have an IUCN endangered species listing. They have plain,
large leaves.

Scientific Name: Pongamia Pinnata

Family Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Common Name/s: Seashore Mempari, Pongam, Indian Beech, Poonga Oil Tree, Karum Tree
Plant Origin: Indian Ocean Islands (Mauritius, Reunion, Andaman and Nicobar), Indian Subcontinent, Sri
Lanka, Southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia,
Papua New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), Pacific Islands (Micronesia, Fiji)
Growth Measurements: Maximum Height 15m to 25m
Landscape Usage: General, Roadside Tree / Palm, Coastal, Parks & Gardens, Small Gardens, Shade
Providing Tree / Palm
Description: a tree that flourishes in mangrove forests, near sandy and rocky shorelines. It has fragrant, pink
to white blooms. A fruit pod that is a light brown color develops after insect pollination. The oil employed as
an illuminant, pongam, is found inside the seed.

Scientific Name: Erythrina Indica

Family Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Common Name/s: Variegated Coral Tree, Dedap, Derdap, Mountain Ebony, Indian Coral-Tree, Tiger's Claw,
Variegated Tiger's Claw, Dedap Batik, Chengkering, Cockspur, Dadap, Coral Tree
Plant Origin: Eastern Africa, the Indian Ocean Islands, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands
Growth Measurements: Large tree, able to grow up to about 27 m in its natural habitat.
Landscape Usage: Roadside Tree / Palm, Parks & Gardens
Description: A medium to big tree, Erythrina variegata typically grows to a height of 15 to 20 m in 20 to 25
years. It has an upright, spreading shape, and the lowest stem often sprouts multiple vertically aligned
branches.

Scientific Name: Barringtonia Asiatica

Family Name: Lecythidaceae
Common Name/s: Putat Laut, Fish Poison Tree, Fish-killer Tree, Beach Barringtonia, Putat Gajah, Mindilla,
Sea Putat, Barringtonia, Butun, Butong, Pertun
Plant Origin: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malesia, northern
Australia, and Pacific Islands
Growth Measurements: It is a tree up to 30 m tall, with a round crown of shiny, large, dark green leaves.
Landscape Usage: Coastal, Parks & Gardens, Shade Providing Tree / Palm
Description: Putat Laut, another name for the spectacular blooms of the Barringtonia asiatica, contains many
filamentous filaments that are white with pink ends. Because the fruits and seeds contain poisonous saponins,
they are crushed and used as fish poisons.

Scientific Name: Gliricidia Sepium

Family Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Common Name/s: Mexican Lilac, Madre De Cacao, Nicaraguan Cacao-shade, Madre, Gliricidia, Mother of
Cocoa, Quick Stick
Plant Origin: Central America, USA
Growth Measurements: Small to medium-sized tree, able to grow up to about 2 - 15 m tall.
Landscape Usage: Roadside Tree / Palm, Parks & Gardens
Description: Typically, bark has a fissured, greyish-brown appearance. Each of the green odd-pinnate leaves
has 13 to 21 oblong leaflets that are 2 to 7 cm long and 1 to 3 cm broad. They are arranged alternately.

Scientific Name: Nypa Fruticans

Family Name: Arecaceae (Palmae)
Common Name/s: Nipah Palm, Mangrove Palm, Nipah, Attap, Water Coconut
Plant Origin: India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, Ryuku Islands, the
Philippines, Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei), New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and
Australia
Growth Measurements: It is a medium to large-sized, clumping stemless palm with rhizomes, with large,
erect leaf fronds above ground, 4–10 m long. Leaf fronds possess stout leaf stalks that are bulbous at the base,
1–1.4 m long.
Landscape Usage: Coastal, Riverine, Beachfront / Shoreline, Pond / Lake / River, Marsh / Bog
Description: Prefers calmer sections of streams and soft, silt-rich muddy soils. Damaged fronds recover fast
and expand swiftly. repopulate with seeds. To keep the medium consistently moist, sprouted seeds can be
potted up in peatmoss-loam mixture with the base of the pot submerged in a pail of water.

Scientific Name: Avicennia Marina

Family Name: Acanthaceae
Common Name/s: Api-api Jambu
Plant Origin: Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, East Africa, India, Pacific
Islands
Growth Measurements: Medium to large tree growing up to 30 m.
Landscape Usage: Coastal, Riverine
Description: A tree in a mangrove. The immature branches of Api-api Jambu are clearly square in form,
unlike those of other species. The fruit has a small beak at the tip and is a greyish green color.

Scientific Name: Cyathea Contaminans

Family Name: Cyatheaceae
Common Name/s: Tree Ferns, Anotong, Anonotong, Gantaw, Pakong buwaya, Blue tree fern, Giant fern,
Mountain tree fern
Plant Origin: Malaysia, peninsular India, China, Thailand, and Laos
Growth Measurements: It reaches 10 meters in height
Landscape Usage: Container Planting, Roadside Tree / Palm, Interiorscape/ Indoor Plant, General, Focal
Plant
Description: One of the mountain-tree ferns found in Southeast Asia. It may grow quickly and reach a height
of 20 meters. Its trunk is covered with black and still interlacing roots, and its leaf stalk is thick, spiny, and
purple, growing up to 90 cm long and coated in dense scales when young. This is one of the most often
utilized tree ferns in landscaping.

Scientific Name: Angiopteris Evecta

Family Name: Marattiaceae
Common Name/s: Elephant Fern, Paku Gajah, Turnip Fern, Duku
Plant Origin: Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore to Australia and
the Pacific
Growth Measurements: Maximum Height 3m
Landscape Usage: General, Parks & Gardens, Small Gardens, Focal Plant, Interiorscape/ Indoor Plant
Description: It may be reproduced by spores or rhizome division.

Scientific Name: Asplenium Musifolium

Family Name: Aspleniaceae
Common Name/s: Pakong Babae
Plant Origin: Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines
Growth Measurements: grow into big specimens with fronds reaching 2.5 meters in length. The width of
each leaf may reach up to 24 inches (61 cm.).
Landscape Usage: Fashion shoot landscape design
Description: The name "Musifolium" means "banana leaf" and most plants have the ability to grow into
large examples with fronds exceeding 2.5 meters in length.

Scientific Name: Asplenium Nidus

Family Name: Aspleniaceae
Common Name/s: Bird's Nest Fern, Rumah Langsuyar, Paku Pandan
Plant Origin: Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia, Pacific
Growth Measurements: Leaf stalks are stout and almost black, can be as long as 5 cm, leaf length can be up
to 150 cm or more and up to 20 cm wide.
Landscape Usage: Interiorscape/ Indoor Plant, Parks & Gardens, Small Gardens
Description: The sori are thin and appear on every vein of the frond's top half. Spores are light brown in
color, translucent when young and opaque when mature.

Scientific Name: Nephrolepis Exaltata

Family Name: Nephrolepidaceae
Common Name/s: Boston Fern
Plant Origin: Pantropical
Growth Measurements: able to grow up to 60 - 90 cm tall and 0.5 - 1 m wide
Landscape Usage: Interiorscape/ Indoor Plant, Parks & Gardens, Small Gardens
Description: The sword fern, sometimes known as the Boston fern, is a fern species endemic to the Americas
that belongs to the family Lomariopsidaceae.