Petai Kerayong (HT 2001 17)

Reference ID
HT 2001-17

Scientific name: Parkia timoriana
Family name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Girth: 5.08 m @ 1.5 m height
Height: 29 m

Location
Mount Faber, on slope
near Marina Deck

The Petai Kerayong is a large forest tree growing up to 50 metres tall and is found from Northeast India to Java. It has a stout smooth trunk with large buttresses supporting an umbrella-shaped crown. The compound leaves are feather-like with small narrow leaflets and its intriguing flowers are closely set on a round head with a long stalk, which develop into moderately long fruit pods.

Mount Faber was one of the Telok Blangah hills and named after Captain Faber, who laid a road through the hill in 1845. It was made a park in 1970, preserving with it this Petai Kerayong tree.

For more information on this species, please refer to NParks Flora & Fauna Web profile here.

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📷: Brendon Phuah