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Here’s another weedy-weed weed that likes growing in the cracks. Its got little white flowers at its furry bases.

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Technically, tis’ not a weed. My mom saw this coconut with a shoot growing out of it laying on the ground. She picked it up and brought it home. She kept it sitting in a dish of water for a good while, then threw it back into some undergrowth in the park where she walks every day. Said she hoped it would grow into a coconut tree. 

Hello, dear people! 

Well fuck me, I am sorry to have missed the past few days of weeds. 

Here they are, in a big weedy bundle. 

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1. I call this one hitch-a-ride. It’s got little green seeds that cling to the bottom of your pants or socks if you get too close. I think something similar inspired that dude who invented Velcro

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3. A creeper growing over our wall from the neighbour’s side. It’s really pretty. 

4. Not technically a weed. It’s a malnourished aloe vera plant I drew when I was at my parents place in the city. 

5. This one had small, bright yellow flowers. 

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This is a handsome lookin’ common weed. It loves growing out of the cracks in the wall or drain. 

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This is a creeper growing on the fence of the vacant lot opposite.

It might be a kind of gooseberry. See those pyramid shapes toward the right there? They’re a papery, poofy shell with seeds inside. Maybe physalis minima or pokok letup-letup (letup = explode)?

Or it could also be a young passiflora foetida (passion flower vine). 

Btw, check out Dr Francis Ng’s excellent blog Tropical Gardening. He’s also the author of Tropical Horticulture and Gardening, a true gem of a book. My mom gave me a copy, and it’s been an awesome roadmap into the weird wonderful world of Malaysian plants.

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This plant has been happily growing in a wild bunch under a tree in our front yard. On the day I was drawing it, Zedeck’s mom came for a visit. She said: that’s not a weed! I planted it years ago! 

She called it pokok Lidah Ular (snake tongue plant). When boiled into a tea, it’s meant to have great medicinal properties, boosting the immune system. It’s incredibly bitter. 

Seems to go by plenty cool names: Raja Pahit (King of Bitters), Hempedu Bumi (Bile of the Earth), and Akar Cerita (Root of Story). The scientific name is andrographis paniculata.

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This one had slim pod-like things sticking out of the stem. Also pretty white flowers with deep purple hearts. 

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Tall grass.