The beautiful and very fragrant white blooms of Vallaris glabra (Common name: Bread flower, Malay name Kesidang, also Kerak nasi) is one of my favourites, but I do not have this plant in my garden. The above picture is one I took recently in my neighbour's garden - she has the vine growing along the fence and presently they are flowering in abundance. The scent is rather heady, especially at dawn and dusk. (I do not think the scent is anything like bread or even scorched rice, which is what Kerak nasi alludes to).
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