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| Eugenia oleina flowers are white, while the pink colour flower is the Tabebuia rosea (Poui) |
The Eugenia oleina tree is flowering but throughout the park it is the only eugenia tree that burst into flowers today. And there is one beautiful butterfly with contrasting colours of black, yellow and white that visited it as early as 7 this morning.
She must be having a great feast.
The eugenia tree is a signature tree at the park. It is planted as a roadside tree along the park road and grown on open spaces to add colour to the evergreen wash and very attractive to wildlife especially birds, butterflies and bees.
( Note: All images taken on 29 June'13, Location: Zone C )
When you walk around the park you may bump into some edible mushrooms. A good example is the "Jelutong" mushroom which caught my attention this morning. The Jelutong mushroom gets its nutrients from the Jelutong tree which apparently is an old dead stump but provides just the right eco-system for its survival e.g. rotten tree bark, organic tissues and organisms, moss, etc.. Because it is commonly seen on old and dead Jelutong tree stumps the Malays conveniently call it 'Kulat Jelutong'. Kulat is mushroom in Malay. I love this mushroom when cooked with other green vegetables or jungle shoots like the Midin, bamboo shoots, young cucumber leaves and many more. 
