Ethnobotany trail bashing

The new segment of the term end assessment starts from below the new student center. This currently provides Colocasia esculenta and what appears to be Curcuma longa at the start of the new segment. 

Falcataria falcata is available on this route, small saplings with branches that can inspected, unlike the giants on the north side of the access road.

Melastoma malabathricum is inbound on this segment. This route is a southern route variant that can also pick up Premna serratifolia at A101, then Centella asiatica, Ociumum tenuiflorum, Jasminum sambac, Cocos nucifera, and Terminalia catappa prior to the student center.

Dicranopteris linearis would be an option.

Campnosperma brevipetiolatum is the crown jewel of the new segment.

Including mature trees.

Cyathea nigricans is available here too, right under the Campnosperma brevipetiolatum. This species might be better served by the large specimen behind the gym.

A small Cananga odorata is next to the Campnosperma brevipetiolatum, but one with flowers is behind the men's residence hall.

Asplenium nidus at ground level is available here, but so is the larger, older,  plant behind the gym.

Premna obtusifolia is a meter away. The area is small and fitting 

Morinda citrifolia is also available, but there are better specimens later in the walk.

Nephrolepis is abundant.

Just out on the lawn as one exits the new route is a Morinda citrifolia specimen. And others as one walks west.

Cananga odorata behind the men's residence hall. This is a good place at which to let the class catch up prior to plunging back into the bush.

Work was done on accessing the Saccharum spontaneum and punching through the Senna alata and Hibiscus tiliaceus to reach the Cyathea nigricans and Ixora spp. 

Realizing hydration levels were problematic, a break was taken. Powerade was in the car back at the faculty building. This was understood to be a lack of forethought as the back haul walk to reach hydration was also problematic. 

The Cyathea nigricans was cleaned up. 

The car was moved, leading to the realization that this Cyrtosperma merkusii was not on the planned route and would not easily be reached.

The Jasminum sambac is all but buried in a tangle of other plants, primarily Ischaemum polystachion and the foreign Ixora, but Senna alata is also encroaching.

Reaching the Asplenium nidus required bashing through the increasingly aggressive Miconia crenata at the gully. 

The Cordyline fruticosa here appears to be a more traditional variety.

Currently identified as Curcuma australasicum

Bambusa vulgaris, which is growing out of control as well.

Coffea robusta looking better than it has in years, although not evident in the photo, after the work clearing the storm fallen Bambusa vulgaris.

Alpinia carolinensis. A new route to the Ixora casei was punched. Volkameria inermis is in bloom on the sunny side of the sprawling Volkameria mass. The plant shows its invasive side of its personality once it hits a certain size.

Artocarpus altilis and Carica papaya at the exit point. Musa is still here, the Saccharum officinarum was not checked on. Ipomoea littoralis would be an end option, but that late there will be no flowers. Ipomoea littoralis has all of the languages present this term.