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- 1. In the early 1900s, many plantations in Tampines were converted to this and rubber estates.
- 5. This plant is used for dyeing and tanning cotton, and its waste provides an essential fertiliser for pepper plants.
- 7. Residents who tend community gardens in Tampines grow different types of plants such as this.
- 8. They contain large quantities of sand which were used as a filtering medium at the Woodleigh waterworks.
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- 2. The name Tampines is derived from the Streblus Elongatus tree, known to locals by its Malay name.
- 3. It harbours a rich diversity of wildlife which include otters, mudskippers, and jungle fowl.
- 4. Exaggerated tales of this animal gave rise to the urban legend that they killed a person a day on the island.
- 6. Beside tigers, these people took aim at firing wildlife in rural areas such as Tampines.