Oxalis corniculata - Creeping Wood Sorrel

Scientific name: Oxalis corniculata Linn.*

Synonyms: Xanthoxalis corniculata, Acetosella corniculata

Common names: Creeping Wood Sorrel, Procumbrent Yellow Sorrel, Sleeping Beauty, Weedy Oxalis

Chinese name: :酢浆草 (ju jiang cao)
Malay name: Belimbing Pasir (Sand Carambola), Calincing, Semanggen, Semanggi Gunung, Daun Asam

Family: Oxalidaceae

Category: Annual / short-lived perennial 

Origin: Unknown **

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*Source of plant ID: 1001 Garden Plants in Singapore.

**According to the book, "Upland Rice Weeds of South and Southeast Asia" by Marita Ignacio Galinato, Keith Moody, Colin M. Piggin, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines Edi. 1999 the plant is "believed to have originated in tropical Asia, Malaysia, Australasia or the Western Pacific and probably indigenous to the Americas" (Page 60).

Paederia foetida - The stinky skunk vine

Scientific name: Paederia foetida

Synonyms: P. tomentosa, P. scandens

Common names: Stink Vine, Skunk Vine, Chinese Fever Vine

Chinese names:
牛皮冻 (niu pi dong - cow hide vine)，鸡矢藤 (ji shi teng - chicken vow vine?)，
红骨蛇 (hong gu she - red bone snake)，臭腥藤 (chou xing teng - fishy smelly vine)，
鸡香藤 (ji xiang teng - chicken smell vine)，鸡粪藤 (ji fen teng) 

Malay name: Pokok Daun Sekentut, Akar Kentut-kentut, Daun Kentut,
Kesimbukan, Dangdangking, Pokok Balek Adap

Family: Rubiaceae

Origin: East and southern Asia

Category: Evergreen perennial climber

Photo taken at: By a roadside fence in Pushing, Perak.

Features

The leaves and stems exudes a strong sulphurous odor when crushed. In Malaysia, it is found growing wild in open / vacant spaces and scrambling over other trees and shrubs. It grows vigorously, loves the full sun and adaptable to many types of soil.

Ipomoea cairica - The wild morning glory

Scientific name: Ipomoea cairica

Common names: 

Railway Creeper, Ivy Leaved Morning Glory, 

Cairo Morning Glory, Coastal Morning Glory, Mile a Minute Vine, Messina Creeper

Chinese name: 五爪金龍 (wu zhua jin ling - 5 clawed golden dragon)

Malay name: Seri Pagi Jalar

Family: Convolvulaceae
Origin: Africa

Native range: From Cape Verde in Portugal to the Middle East and Northern Africa

Category: Perennial creeper (Wildflower / Weed)

Photo taken at: Rubbish dump in Ipoh.

The species name 'cairica' could have been derived from "Cairo", the capital of Egypt.

Features

It is commonly found growing wild in vacant land and rubbish dumps where it grows well under the full sun. The flowers open in the morning and are closed by afternoon. There are 5 lobes on each leaf with the centre lobe being the largest. Propagation is by cuttings. 

Tridax procumbens

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Scientific name: Tridax procumbens

Common names: Coat Buttons, Tridax Daizy
Chinese name: 长柄菊 (chang bing ju - long stalk chrysanthemum) , 羽芒菊 (yu mang ju)
Malay name: Kancing Baju
cadillo chisaca (Spanish), herbe caille (French), Jayanti veda (Sanskrit), ghamra (Hindi),
gletang (Indonesia) vettukaaya poondu (Tamil), kotobukigiku (Japanese)

Family: Asteraceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Weed

Photo taken at: Malaysia

Hemigraphis reptans - The Purple Waffle Plant

Scientific name: Hemigraphis reptans

Synonym: Ruellia reptans

Common name: Red Flame, Waffle Plant

Family: Acanthaceae

Origin: Pacific Islands

Category: Weed

Photo Taken at: My home garden

It is a hostplant for the Chocolate Pansy (Junonia iphita) butterflies.