Singapore 2011 Spices Of Singapore Stamp

Singapore is home many native species of Ferns. This stamp issue depicted 5 commonly seen spices in Singapore. Don't miss this great item for your collection.

Cinnamon is commonly use for cooking for Chinese cuisine & Indian food & drink, one of my favourite Indian drink is Masala Teh. Masala Teh had add cinnamon powder make it a big spicy and delicious 。

Satay Spices. Ingredients: coriander, garlic, cumin, white pepper, cardamom, chili, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf.

Star anise is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to northeast Vietnam and South China. It is a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor and is obtained from the star-shaped pericarps of the fruit of I. verum which are harvested just before ripening. Star anise oil is a highly fragrant oil used in cooking.

Tamarind is a hardwood tree, known scientifically as Tamarindus indica. It's native to Africa but also grows in India, Pakistan, and many other tropical regions. The tree produces bean-like pods filled with seeds surrounded by a fibrous pulp. The pulp of the young fruit is green and sour.

Turmeric or Curcuma longa, is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between 20 and 30 °C and high annual rainfall to thrive.

The spices were as valuable as gold in the 19th century. At that time, there was a fight for control over the sources and routes to the Spice Islands of Southeast Asia and India. In response to this fervour, a garden at Fort Canning Park was planted mainly with nutmeg, clove, and other plants with economic value.

This pandan-scented garden has now become a showcase of local herbs and spices. More importantly, this garden, as with the rest of the lush greenery at Fort Canning, is a main source of food for local fauna. Squirrels, butterflies, birds, and dragonflies are part of the large living habitat thriving on this hill.