Snake Tree (HT 2013 219)

Reference ID
HT 2013-219

Scientific name: Stereospermum fimbriatum
Family name: Bignoniaceae
Girth: 4.08 m @ 1.3 m height
Height: 30.6 m

Location
Singapore Botanic Gardens,
along Main Gate Road
(opposite Marsh Garden)

Introduced to Singapore, the Snake Tree is native to Indochina and the Malay Peninsula. It is upright and columnar in form. Its leaves are pinnate compound. It produces white flowers with a tinge of pink on the lower petal that blooms in the evening and fall before dawn. Its fruit is a pod that vaguely resembles the shape of a snake. Thus, its common name, 'Snake Tree'.

Its specific epithet, fimbriatum, refers to the delicately fringed petals of the flowers.

This Tree was planted on 5 Nov 1937.

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

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📷: Hazri Boey