Science Biology: Part B: Grouping and naming organisms (1)

Hi:) This are some of the information on the pictures we taken during the trail. Hope that you guys would understand more about the species found here.

Plants & Animal

This is a picture of an hibiscus plant. Its scientific name is Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis. It is usually found red in color and would have five petals. These flowers are from 4-18cm broad. It is also known as the national flower of our neighboring country, Malaysia.

This is the Ixora plant. Its scientific name is Ixora Coccinea. These plants produce large clusters of tiny flower and a small amount of honey. It possess leathery leaves and it range from 3 to 6 inches in length.

This is the pong pong tree. Its scientific name is Cerbera odollam. Also commonly known suicide tree or othalanga. The fruit of this tree is rounded/oval and is green in color, with a green fibrous shell enclosing an ovoid kernel measuring approximately 2cm * 1.5cm. The seeds are excessively toxic, containing cerberin as the main active cardenolide.

This is the picture of a small flowers with purple petals(which we call it). Its scientific name is Purple Bougainvillea. It have thorny, woody vines growing from 1 to 12 m tall. Its leaves grows from 4–13 cm long and 2–6 cm broad. This plants are relatively pest-free plants. This plant grow on a small hill.

This is the picture of the water snail and its egg. Its scientific name is Ampullariidae and its egg. The egg looks like a pink chewing gum. These eggs grows above the water. The snails is black in color and there are like thousands of them together at a rock under the water.

This is a picture of the banyan tree. Its scientific name is Ficus benghalensis. Its leaf is usually big and broad. This plants depends on other plants to survive. It strangle other plants to make way for its own. The fruit of this plants have unique fruits structure and are dispersed by fruit-eating birds.