Family: Melastomaceae
Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum
Common name: Straits Rhododendron, Senduduk Putih (Malay)
Origin: South East Asia
Origin: South East Asia
Photographs taken by Autumn Belle at The Secret Garden of 1-Utama
Grateful thanks to Dr. Francis Ng of The Secret Garden of 1-Utama.
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I would like to dedicate this post to Keats The Sunshine Girl, from Malaysia of blog, the first commenter of my previous "Butterfly Laying Eggs" post. Keats is an excellent writer and always brings sunshine to my blog with her visits and comments.
Those are delightful photographs,
ReplyDeleteyour flowers are just stunning!
Nancy
I bet it looks beautiful in the full bush. I love the look of green and white. It's such a fresh crisp combination.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flower! I love white for its pureness. The dark green leaves make such a nice background for the flower.
ReplyDeleteNature's glory unmasked!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers, such simplicity.
ReplyDeleteDear Autumn Belle, As I believe you know, I love the purity of all white flowers and this one is certainly no exception.
ReplyDeleteHey, Autumn Belle,such a wonderful surprise to see my name up there! Thanks a million for your kind comments. I really would welcome visitors.
ReplyDeleteYou are doing excellent posts yourself - spreading the love of nature so liberally:)))
lovely Autumn Belle.
ReplyDeleteHello my dear! As always, I enjoy looking at the blooms which we don't have here. I hope you are well and your garden too!
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos,
ReplyDelete(((hugs)))
Rosey
I find many purple Senduduk along my hiking trail.
ReplyDeleteThey simply "duduk" over there.
Autum Belle those are great photos of a plant I was unaware of. I also like the shape of the seed heads too.
ReplyDeleteThey are so clean and refreshing. Beautiful closeups.
ReplyDeleteHi Autumn. What beautiful white blooms.White blooms always look so fresh and pure.
ReplyDeleteAhhh..
ReplyDeleteNow you got a good collection of edible flowers - yummy...
You can also collect the berries and use them for potpourri together with mimosa flowers.
really pretty! interesting leaves and those little berries, or seedpods or whatever are a great contrast.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos for Wordless Wednesday Autumn Belle ;)
ReplyDeleteWow! White is for Purity, White for Easter! Lovely shots... Your pictures made my Day Autumn Belle.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day ahead....
Once I saw so many Senduduk by the roadside. They can really grow well by themselves. But I saw they were purple and not white. This white variety is as pretty! Come to think of it, Secret Garden is really wonderful... they grew so many variety of plants there. That's great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely plant. I like white blooms, as they are so peaceful and calming. You have such a great blog. I know I can click on it anytime and find a post on an interesting or beautiful flower.
ReplyDeleteHi, everyone! Thank you very very much for the nice comments. It certainly brightens up my day, everyday.
ReplyDeleteMy fellow Malaysian, James and Stephanie are right. The white flowers plants are quite a rarity. We have the purple flower version growing wild at highways, forest swamps and countryside. This plant has many medicinal uses and in the countryside, some people even make use of the branches as a broom.
My dad who was a former boy scout thought me how to crush the leaves to stop bleeding on minor wounds when injured in the outdoors. Some villages 'crush' the leaves by chewing them in their mouths before using them!
Ah, yes! Rainfield, another fellow Malaysia commented that "they simply 'duduk' over there" means that he can find the wild senduduk plant 'sitting' everywhere at his hiking spots in Penang.
ReplyDeleteLove love love. tQ
ReplyDeleteI took some in the Singapore Zoo.
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful macro photo.