EastJohor Fig2003

Johor Fig (HT 2003-65)

This Heritage Tree can be found in Changi, Catterick Road near Fairy Point Chalet 3.

A large, leafy tree towers over a path lined with smaller trees and lampposts, near a building with a red-tiled roof.

📷: Brendon Phuah

Heritage Tree Information

Reference ID
HT 2003-65

Scientific name: Ficus kerkhovenii
Family name: Moraceae
Girth: 21.8 m @ 1.3 m height
Height: 22.4 m

Location
Changi, along Catterick Road near Fairy Point Chalet 3 (View Map) (opens in new tab)

The Johor Fig is an immense strangling fig that can grow up to 45 m in height. It has a very large and wide spreading crown and pinkish brown bark. Its figs ripen to pale yellow or orange. Native to Singapore and endangered in the wild, this species was reportedly common in Java and Malaya in the mid-1900s.

The species epithet kerkhovenii is named after Dutch botanist E.J. Kerkhoven (1834 – 1905), who was known for his explorations in Java.

As with many other Ficus species, the figs are a reliable source of food for fruit-eating animals such as the Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) (opens in new tab), Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) (opens in new tab), Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) (opens in new tab), and Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) (opens in new tab).

This Heritage Tree had a girth of 7 m when measured in 2003.

For more information on this species, please refer to NParks Flora & Fauna Web profile. (opens in new tab)