Cinnamomum verum - Cinnamon Tree

Scientific name: Cinnamomum verum

Common name: Cinnamon Tree

Family: Lauraceae

Origin: India, Sri Lanka

Category: Small evergreen tree

Photo taken at: Rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Anacardium occidentale - Cashew Nut Tree

Scientific name: Anacardium occidentale

Common name: Cashew Nut, Candaria

Family: Anacardiaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Tropical tree

Photo taken at: Rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Syzygium myrtifolium - Pokok Kelat Paya

Scientific name: Syzygium myrtifolium
Synonyms: Syzygium campanulatum, S. campanulatum var. longistylum, S.sinubanese
Eugenia oleina, E. parva, E. myrtifolia, E. sinubanensis

Common names: Wild Cinnamon, Red-lip, Australian Brush Cherry, Kelat Oil

Chinese name: 红楠木 (Chinese cedar, Chinese red-wood)
Malay name: Pokok Kelat Paya

The genus name Syzygium is derived from the Greek word "syzygios"
meaning "yoked together possibly referring to the paired leaves".
(Re: Book titled "The Encyclopedia of Fruits and Nuts" by Jules Janick and Robert E. Paul)

The epithet myrtifolium is derived from the Latin word "myrtus" meaning leaves/foliage like myrtle.

Family: Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

Origin: Indigenous tree of Malaysia and Thailand

Category: Tree

Photo taken at: Selesa Hillhomes & Gold Resort, Kampung Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Pahang

How to grow :
Light : Full to partial sun
Soil : Rich, well-drain soil
Water : Moderate
Prune : Can withstand hard pruning
Propagate : Seeds, stem-cutting, marcotting, air-layering.

Features :

You'll see a lot of these bushy trees in Malaysia. They are usually planted as hedges in homes and by the roadsides. You can plant it as a solitary tree or landscape it with mass planting in rows. It is popular because the shoots and young leaves change colour from red to pink, then to yellow finally green. It is a low maintenance plant. They are often pruned hard because the new shoots will burst into colours of red, orange and yellow. They can also be shaped into topiaries or made into bonsai. However, when left alone, it will mature into a beautiful cone-shaped tree up to 10m tall, with clusters of powder-puff like, creamy-white flowers.The nectar-rich flowers attract bees, wasps and butterflies. It is host plant for the Copper Flash Butterfly (Rapala pheretima sequeira)  The ripe fruits look like berries and they attract birds.

There is a cultivar, Syzygium myrtifolium 'Dark Red' with dark red young leaves and bright pink to maroon flowers.

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Scientific name: Lagerstroemia speciosa

Synonym: L. flos-reginae

Common names:

Queen's Crape-myrtle, Giant Crape-myrtle, Queen's Flower
Pride of India, Rose of India, Pride of Bolivia, Banaba (Philippines)

Chinese name: 大花紫薇 (da hua zi wei - big flower purple crape-mrytle)

Malay name: Pokok Bungor / Bungor Raya

Family: Lythraceae

Origin: India to China, Southeast Asia, Australia
Category: Deciduous (drought-resistant) tropical flowering tree

Photo Taken at: My home garden

Senna spectabilis

Scientific name: Senna spectabilis

Synonym: Cassia spectabilis, Senna macranthera

Common name: Scented Shower, Popcorn Bush, Drooping Cassia

Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Sub-family: Caesalpinioideae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Tree

Photograph taken at: KLCC Park.

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Samanea saman - The Rain Tree with False Powderpuff flowers

Scientific name: Samanea saman
Synonym: Albizia saman, Enterolobium saman

Common name: False Powder Puff, Monkey Pod, Rain Tree

Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) - pea or legume family
Origin: Tropical America from Mexico to Brazil

Category: A tropical big, evergreen canopy tree, 10-30m tall

Photo taken at: By the roadside at SPPK, Ipoh.

For more information, you can read my post as follows:
Samanea saman And The Powderpuff Girls

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Erythrina fusca - The Red Coral Tree

Scientific name: Erythrina fusca

Synonym: Erythrina glauca

Common name: Cape kaffirboom, gallito, coral bean tree, bois immortelle

Family: Fabaceae / Leguminosae / Papilionaceae

Native plant of : Tropical Asia, Oceania and Africa.

Photo Taken at: Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang

Today is ABC Wednesday, Round 8

E is for .....

The Extraordinary Erythrina fusca tree!
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Yellow Saraca taipingensis Tree

Scientific name: Saraca thaipingensis

Snyonym: Saraca cauliflora

Common name: Yellow Saraca, Yellow Ashoka
Malay name: Pokok Gapis

Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Native to (Indigenous plant of) : Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia

Photo taken at : KLCC Park

My post about this plant is here:
The Yellow Saraca taipingensis Tree at KLCC Park

This is my entry for My World Tuesday, Season 3, Episode 16 and the link is here.