Singapore, very old treeWe found this Google map which details the location of saga trees found in Singapore and have just gotten in touch with its creator.
3271 Seeds From a Saga Tree
Met Mr. Low See Chuan who created a map of all the sage trees in Singapore since he started collecting the seeds with his family 10 years ago. Every time they add new seeds to their collection they do a tally on a slip of paper. At last count the total was 3271!
What we saw this morning of the well-loved Toa Payoh god tree at Blk 177. This once majestic banyan which pre-dates the Toa Payoh development used to stand 6 storeys high until it was struck down by lightening in September last year, crushing 6 cars. Residents who witnessed the incident said the tree fell slowly and “chose its direction” so no one got hurt.
Mr Chen Zhou Rong, 53, caretaker of the shrine and son of the monk who brought the statue of Goddess of Mercy here, used to sleep under this tree. He has since moved away, despite pleas from residents for him to “stay and protect the god”.
“I do feel an attachment to the place and the people in the neighbourhood, having lived here most of my life. But it’s time to go.”
We begin our first post for the search of the tallest tree in Singapore here at the central catchment area! There’s a primary forest here that still keeps some of the oldest residents here on our island! We met this giant 45mins from the trail with a girth of 6.8m and as high as 40m, that’s the height of a 13 storey building. Estimated to be more than 150 years old, this tree might be just a mere sapling when Alfred Russel Wallace visited Singapore in the 1850s.
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