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Wildflower and Weeds of Singapore

This guide is created to help with identification of common wildflower and weeds in Singapore

Tylophora indica 1
Tylophora flexuosa 2
Aristolochia acuminata 3
Aristolochia leuconeura 4
Aristolochia jackii 5
Golden Leather Fern 6
Acrostichum aureum
Phasey Bean 7
Macroptilium lathyroides
creeping tick trefoil 8
Desmodium triflorum
Rattleweed 9
Crotalaria retusa
Necklace pod 10
Sophora tomentosa
hairy indigo 11
Indigofera hirsuta
False Stinger 4
Pipturus argenteus
Cecropia pachystachya 12
Trema micrantha 13
Kopsia fruticosa 14
skunk vine 15
Paederia foetida
Spermacoce ocymoides 16
Woodland false buttonweed 17
Spermacoce remota
Mussaenda frondosa 18
Aidia densiflora 4
Sea Purslane
Sesuvium portulacastrum
beach naupaka 19
Scaevola taccada
Oriental false hawksbeard 20
Youngia japonica
Elephants-foot 8
Elephantopus scaber
Little Ironweed 21
Vernonia cinerea
billygoat weed 22
Ageratum conyzoides
Siam weed 23
Chromolaena odorata
Praxelis 24
Praxelis clematidea
mile-a-minute 11
Mikania micrantha
black-jack 25
Bidens pilosa
Melanthera biflora 4
Mexican sunflower
Tithonia diversifolia
Nodeweed 26
Synedrella nodiflora
false daisy 27
Eclipta prostrata
Campnosperma auriculata 28
Lepisanthes amoena 4
Mexican Primrose-willow 29
Ludwigia octovalvis
Pternandra echinata 30
Malabar Melastome 31
Melastoma malabathricum
Clerodendrum villosum 32
Chukin 33
Callicarpa longifolia
Blue Porterweed 34
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Fragrant Thunbergia
Thunbergia fragrans
golden shrimp plant 35
Pachystachys lutea
Red Flame 21
Hemigraphis reptans
Water Wisteria 36
Hygrophila difformis
Peristrophe roxburghiana 4
Justicia procumbens 4
Ruellia repens 4
Torenia polygonoides 21
Physalis minima 4
Turkey Berry 37
Solanum torvum
Erycibe tomentosa 38
Mile-a-minute vine 39
Ipomoea cairica
Littlebell 15
Ipomoea triloba
Octopus Tree 40
Schefflera actinophylla
Common Fanpetals 41
Sida ulmifolia
calabur tree 42
Muntingia calabura
Yellow Cow Wood 3
Cratoxylum cochinchinense
Adenia macrophylla 14
Yellow alder 4
Turnera ulmifolia
Passiflora laurifolia 43
corkystem passionflower 44
Passiflora suberosa
Macaranga bancana 30
Turn-in-the-wind 4
Mallotus paniculatus
asthma plant 4
Euphorbia hirta
Red Caustic-creeper 15
Euphorbia thymifolia
Aspidopterys concava 38
Simpoh Air 45
Dillenia suffruticosa
Tetracera indica 4
Pepper elder 46
Peperomia pellucida
Lavender Sorrel 4
Oxalis barrelieri
creeping woodsorrel 47
Oxalis corniculata
Three-Leaved Wild Vine 48
Cayratia trifolia
Red Leea 4
Leea rubra
White-stemmed Button Vine 11
Cissus hastata
Cissus repens
whitehead spikesedge 7
Kyllinga nemoralis
Aromatic Kyllinga 4
Kyllinga polyphylla
Chinese Crown Orchid 49
Eulophia graminea
Bearded Smilax 24
Smilax bracteata
Shell ginger 50
Alpinia zerumbet
Donax canniformis 51
tropical spiderwort 52
Commelina benghalensis
Zanzibar Yam 4
Dioscorea sansibarensis

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