Anyone know what's Ketapang leaves?????

[exotic_idiot]

Hi there, anyone knows what is ketapang leaves? Can we find it in singapore??? And what does it(leaves) looks like?
Thanks.

[celticfish]

You can buy from from C328.
Or if you recognize them collect yourself.
The leave is "pear" shape and can get really large.
Like trees in sentosa beach can get as long as elbow to wrist.
If you pick your own try to get the red coloured ones.
I have used the leaves fresh without drying.
But that was when I had a tree right in front of my home.
Now I use the dried one like most due to convenience.

You can also do a search on "sea almond leaves" for a picture.
Or the name "terminalia catappa".
The tree and leaves are easy to ID.

[zoombee]

this is the tree

[dxchen]

Here are some pictures of the ketapang tree and leaves.



Pictures courtesy of http://hergunfish.awardspace.com/ketapang.htm

[Shadow]

You can collect it from alexandra technopark.

[Quixotic]

Anyone sharing pictures that are not theirs, and obtained from the Internet should at least indicate their source/website. Thanks.

[fisherw]

It is actually quite common in Singapore. The trick is recognising it. A good guide is large red, orangy leaves on the ground. The big problem is that the road sweepers are very efficient. Some places I have noticed them include East Coast Park (the leaves leave brown stains on the concrete walking paths), Changi Beach, expressways (definitely on both sides of the CTE near Jalan Bahagia and Bendemeer Secondary School and I would be fairly sure, our parks. One of its many names is sea almond so I would have thought along our beaches would be very likely.

[David Moses Heng]

the stretch of AYE from NUS to behind Ginza plaza also has them.

[exotic_idiot]

Thanks all for the great response and information, i'll go check them out...

[Cacatuoides]

you can also order from Johnc who packs them nicely and mails it to your doorstep....been buying from him, good service

[exotic_idiot]

Today i just went to alexander hospital and i saw tree similer to ketapang trees??? But i saw there's name just beside it which says "Plumeria rubra (Frangipani)" maybe i know whether is it the same? The tree very alike got white flowers. Anybody any idea whether we can use it as ketapang leaves too???

[fisherw]

The sap of the frangipani is poisonous. Do not use it.

The leaves look slightly different. If I remember correctly, the leaf of the frangipani is narrow, very shiny and does not turn very red.

[exotic_idiot]

yeah... and also have white flowers right??? Wah lucky i never use.. i see properly like a bit different from the pics you guys post here... Thanks for the advice must really see carefully if not poison my "beloved" apisto instead of they poison me Wahahaha...

[exotic_idiot]

Anyone interested in collecting ketapang leaves with me? Becase i'm not very experience.. I'm staying in the east.. Can pm me!!!

[Merviso]

Hi bro, I bought a bag of this leave from C328 for $1 which can last me a long long time. So far only use 6 leave. Think it might not be worth to pick yourself and risk taking the wrong type of leaves, or worst, picking up one that had been sprayed with insecticide... unless of course you need to use a lot...

[CK Yeo]

Hmmm... money do grow on trees... It is not very expensive from the LFS, just buy if you cannot differentiate Ketapang from Frangipani.

vaguely remember there are available in East Coast Park too... Lots along Buona vista/Holland Village area.

ck

[budak]

Sea almond (ketapang) tree:
http://mantamola.blogspot.com/2008/0...mond-tree.html
http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/plants/sea_almond.htm

Frangipani tree:
http://www.nparks.gov.sg/PlantInfo.aspx?id=7146
http://flowersinsingapore.blogspot.c...lantation.html

It's nigh impossible to confuse them.

[exotic_idiot]

Thanks mod. Don't know ketapang tree can cure so many sickness.. Magic tree?

[David Moses Heng]

Anyone interested in collecting ketapang leaves with me? Becase i'm not very experience.. I'm staying in the east.. Can pm me!!!

east area? How far are you from drive 12 of pasir ris? may be you can try the farms there. Was there during the CNY period and one of the farms there actually have got a few trees in their garden. If not wrong, its tropical international.

[exotic_idiot]

east area? How far are you from drive 12 of pasir ris? may be you can try the farms there. Was there during the CNY period and one of the farms there actually have got a few trees in their garden. If not wrong, its tropical international.

Hi, i'm staying at east, very near farmway.. I saw before too at OTF.. Hmm now we got lots of places where we all can get fresh ketapang leaves "FOC"... Hehehee