Sea Almond Leaf for aquarium

[Simon]

ya LSZ, its the ketapang leave

[lsz]

super all over the place

Simon if you want you can go to PSB building
the tree is by the stairs of the overhead bridge

actually someone in another forum compiled a list of ketapang trees in singapore but i cannot find it now

[Simon]

ya, i read it somewhere, but i too lost the url to it.. me now trying to find it ard my area.. benny said there r some at tiong bahru park

[lsz]

PSB building nearer to your place! just along jln bukit merah

[Simon]

hahahaa.. i think I will ask my mom.. her office is at PSB bldg

[avant]

anyone know whether pearl's hill park got or not?? it's juz behind my block but dunno how to recognise..there are alot of trees there though!

[hwchoy]

very easy to tell, the tree has branches that sprout from the same level on the trunk, growing out horizontally, then the trunk grows upward for some 5-8 ft with no branches and then comes to a point wherer branches sprout again.

[juggler]

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On 5/7/2002 2:08:20 AM

very easy to tell, the tree has branches that sprout from the same level on the trunk, growing out horizontally, then the trunk grows upward for some 5-8 ft with no branches and then comes to a point wherer branches sprout again.
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hwchoy: I saw some of these trees along LCK area. Should be like in the photo, right?

[ikan]

Nice picture and very dense plant. And if you can sell it for US$2.50 a leaf, you get many many fish from a single tree.

[Simon]

sorry hendi, too bz at work... didnt have the time to go search for the tree.. next week

[akoh]

Abt 3 wks ago they were doing tree pruning on these trees along Geylang Serai ( both main side walks outside Malaya Village ), the leaves were all over the shops ! plenti plenti []

Safe Diving !
Akoh

[ikan]

Simon, it's no hurry and only if it easy for you. It's not something that I need now. I probably can find the tree here if I look for it. It's better if I can get it here so I can get constant supply.

[subzero]

hi simon, sorry for late reply...
guess people already tell u where u can find them. Make sure u don't get the wrong type. Once i put a dried broad leave(which i thought is sea almond) into my Killi tank, and it turn out to be very greesy. Dun know wat substances in it.

[hwchoy]

juggler, that's the tree! very easy to identify right? few other trees has branches configured that way and none this size.

Oh and if you wait until july (I think) the leaves turn orange and the whole tree goes botak. don't even need to pick and dry!

[Anonymous]

Hi,
Sea almond leaves are widely known. However,have anyone heard of "Jambu leaves" as an alternative( better?). Like sea almond leaves, need to sun until dry or else the water might foul. It is said that fighting fish heal faster. I might have be misguided, but might be worth experimenting. A relative of mine use that.

If you didn't know what jambu looks like, you can try major search engines for images.

Vincent

[Simon]

Ikan, sorry.. caught up with work.. really dun have to time to go search for the leaves... will do it once i'm free...

[Trevor]

Hey, WHat's CB leave ?

[turaco]

ha ha ha! Only SAF soldier knows..[] []

[anakin]

CB leaves are also called daniellia suffruticosa. big yellow 5-petaled follows with yellow center (edible). fruits open in the morning - red five segmented flower-like thing with dark (almost black seeds) edible too. fast growing sec vegetation. big leaves - used to pack nasi lemak with.

*sigh* if only i'm as competent with aquatic plants. [:]

BTW, if you guys want to know more about Bt. Timah Reserve's flora, I can do some guiding there free of charge. []

[anakin]

Juggler, that's Sea Almond (Terminalia catappa) alright. tons of them @ changi jetty. Easily recognised by their regular branching, like a Xmas tree structure.