X marks the spot! We arrived at THE tree mentioned in Ah Gong’s diary!
It is Heritage Tree 15 and is listed as being 30 metres tall with a girth of 4.5 metres. The Terap (Artocarpus elasticus) develops buttresses as it matures. This probably explains how Ah Gong could have been resting on one side of the tree without being noticed by Ah Ma.
Ah Ma must have been gathering some of the tough terap bark which jungle-folks have previously used as basket linings and even clothes! Its bark is tough but strips easily into big sheets. This useful tree also produces elastic latex and a fruit similar to the chempedak. The tree is easily recognised from its huge and stiff leaves.
It is Heritage Tree 15 and is listed as being 30 metres tall with a girth of 4.5 metres. The Terap (Artocarpus elasticus) develops buttresses as it matures. This probably explains how Ah Gong could have been resting on one side of the tree without being noticed by Ah Ma.
Ah Ma must have been gathering some of the tough terap bark which jungle-folks have previously used as basket linings and even clothes! Its bark is tough but strips easily into big sheets. This useful tree also produces elastic latex and a fruit similar to the chempedak. The tree is easily recognised from its huge and stiff leaves.
Hopefully there aren’t any tree snakes around today!
But then again, meeting Mr Right here wouldn’t be a bad thing either! :)
But then again, meeting Mr Right here wouldn’t be a bad thing either! :)
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