After visiting the Raffles Hotel, I went back to Fort Canning Park to explore it some more. And what should I see, on a public footpath, but a Paradise Flying Snake that had caught a frog! Right there in a city park! Beautiful snake, and not harmful to humans.
Paradise Flying Snake (Chrysopelea paradisi)
Fort Canning Park is filled with great vegetation, some of which has signage. This didn't, but it's known as the Lobster Claw.
Lobster Claw (Heliconia rostrata)
Within the park is the Spice Garden, which features various important herbs and spices of the region. Here's the Laksa Leaf, an ingredient in a local curry noodle dish called Laksa.
Laksa Leaf (Polygonum odoratum)
The Cannonball Tree, an amazing tree originally from South America, but popular and often considered sacred in India and Southeast Asia.
Cannonball Tree (Couroupita guianensis)
The Betel Pepper is a leaf that the nut of the Areca Palm (Areca catechu) is wrapped in to create betel nut, which, with the addition of lime (calcium oxide), people chew for a light buzz.
Betel Pepper (Piper betle)
The Sacred Fig or Bodhi Tree is the tree the Buddha is said to have sat under when he attained enlightenment. Saplings of this tree can often be found growing on walls and roofs because birds eat the fruits and spread them around.
Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa) growing from a wall
All of the above were from Singapore. The following Common Lime Butterfly is one I saw a couple days later in Bangkok.
Common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
on Flame of the Woods (Ixora coccinea)
