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Singapore has a wide variety of flora. Plants are mainly used to beautify the landscape of Singapore. The national flower is a hybrid orchid, Vanda Miss Joaquim. [1] Large tropical tree. As in any tropical rainforest Singapore is home to a number of very large trees from the families Apocynaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Fabaceae, Malvaceae and others.
Regulating and inspecting imported plants and plant products and implementing quarantine and surveillance programmes to prevent the introduction and establishment of plant pests and diseases in Singapore, Providing services for the control of exotic and endemic plant diseases and pests to protect the plant trade and industry, and the environment,
Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names [3]) is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals. It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae , in the genus Acorus .
Agriculture in Singapore is a small industry, composing about 0.5% of the total GDP, within the city-state of Singapore. Singapore's reliance on imports for about 90% of its food underscores the paramount importance of food security. To address this, Singapore has set a goal to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally by 2030. [1]
In order to enhance and restore the current coral cover in Singapore, a coral nursery was established off Pulau Semakau in 2007. [4] It is the first coral nursery in the region to utilise "corals of opportunity" as seed corals for growth and transplantation.
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (abbreviation: BTNR) is a 1.7-square-kilometre (0.66 sq mi) nature reserve near the geographic centre of Singapore, located on the slopes of Bukit Timah Hill, the country's highest natural peak standing at a height of approximately 165 metres (541 ft), and parts of the surrounding area, located actually in Bukit Panjang.
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The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 166-year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site . [ 1 ]