For a small offshore island, Pangkil is home to a surprising diversity of plants. The islands natural vegetation comprises coastal forest with a wide variety of trees and shrubs capable of living in the relatively dry conditions with salt laden winds. The wooded areas are dominated by the spectacular Seashore Screwpines, large Beach Almonds, Sea Apple, Sea Teak and Sea Hibiscus. The sandy shores support Sea Lettuce, Noni trees, pretty seashore morning glory and the seashore crinum lily. There are over 40 species of plants on the island-including two stands of mangrove trees

 

Dedicated information on the islands natural history is available on the island along with reference books and maps. Please help us by recording your discoveries and adding to our growing species list.

 

 

Survey Record at 20th August 2002 by Subaraj Rajathurai and Helen Newman

TERRESTRIAL INDIGENOUS FLORA  
TREES  
Beach Almond Terminalia catappa
Sea Apple Eugenia grandis
Sea Teak Podocarpus polystachyus
Sea Hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus
Sea Poison Barringtonia asiatica
Greater Morinda Morinda rigida
Sea Randa Guettarda speciosa
Mangrove Tree Rhizophora stylosa
Maingay's Dracena Dracena maingayi
Alexandrine Laurel Calophyllum inophyllum
Strangler Fig Ficus sp.
Mata Pelandok Ardisia elliptica
Tongkat Ali Eurycoma longifolia
Seashore Screwpine Pandanus odoratissimus
Pandan Pandanus sp.
   
PALMS  
Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera
Fishtail Palm Caryota mitis
Pallas Palm Licuala spinosa
Nibong Palm Oncosperma tigillaria
Malayan Fern Palm Cycas rumphii fern-palm
   
FERNS  
Bird's Nest Fern Asplenium nidus
Oak Leaf Fern Drynaria sp.
Rabbit's Foot Fern Davallia denticulata
Sword Fern Nephrolepis biserrata
   
MISCELANEOUS  
Pigeon Orchid Dendrobium crumenatum
Sea Lettuce Scaevola sericea
Seashore Crinum Lily Crinum asiaticum
Seashore Tacca Lily Tacca leontopetaloides
Wild Ixora Ixora congesta
Three-leaved Wild Vine Cayratia trifolia
Seashore Morning Glory Ipomoea pescaprae
Hoya Hoya verticillata
Wild Water Lemon Passiflora foetida
Purple-leaf Buttonweed Borreria laevicaulis
Coat Buttons Tridax procumbens
Purple Cloeme Cloeme rutidosperma
Common Asystasia Asystasia intrusa
Sea Oxeye Wedelia biflora
Wedelia biflora Emilia sonchifolia
Seashore Centepede Grass Ischaemum muticum
Egyptian Finger Grass Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Kylinga Cyperus sp. sedge
   
EXOTIC INTRODUCED PLANTS  
Frangipanni  
Hibiscus  
Bougainville  
Papaya  
Devil's Backbone  
Heliconia  
Fan Palm  
Banana  
Yam  
Tapioca  
Allamanda  

 

 
 

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