Green the Earth, Save Our Future Generations at Taman Kledang Permai on 4-4-21 starting at 8am

 Lions Club of Perak Silver State with the support of Ipoh City Council (MBI) will be organising another tree planting programme to help "Green Our Earth and Save our Future Generations" by planting 6 more "Yellow Flame of the Forest" trees.

YBhg Dato' Hj. Rumaizi Baharin and Lions Club International 308B2 District Governor are the Guests of Honour. Also present include Orang Besar Jajahan Manjung, YDH Dato Shaharudin Hj Nawawi and other dignitaries. 

The tree planting programme is part of the 100 trees pledge made by MBI to assist Lions Club of Perak Silver State to support MBI's effort in planting 1,500 tress by end of 2021. It compliments te Perak State Givernment, Perak Lestari Programme to plant 1,000,000 trees by 2021.

6 Yellow Flame of the Forest (Pelthophorum pterocarpum) trees will be planted here to provide more shade, lower the earth temperature and increase carbon dioxide sequestration in line with MBI's Low Carbon City  mission 2030.

These trees will be given a QR code which will provide information to our future generations. The information provide include:

Name of tree, date planted, who planted, and features of the trees.

Details of Pelthophorum pterocarpum can be found in this link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltophorum_pterocarpum

Description of Tree:

It is a deciduous tree growing to 15–25 m (rarely up to 50 m) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m belonging to Family Leguminosae and sub-family Caesalpiniaceaea. The leaves are bipinnate, 30–60 cm long, with 16–20 pinnae, each pinna with 20–40 oval leaflets 8–25 mm long and 4–10 mm broad. The flowers are yellow, 2.5–4 cm diameter, produced in large compound raceme up to 20 cm long. Pollens are approximately 50 microns in size.

Name of Tree: Yellow Flame Tree (Peltophorum pterocarpum) The fruit is a pod 5–10 cm long and 2.5 cm broad, red at first, ripening black, and containing one to four seeds. Trees begin to flower after about four years.

Tree  # 1

Tree Serial Number: LCPSS-MBI/ 013/04/21

Family Name: Fabaceae

Genus: Peltophorum

Common Name: copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame

Height: 15m to 25m

Planted by: YBhg Puan Hjh Zuraina Binti Kamarul Ariff (MBI Secretary) on behalf od Datuk Bandar

Date Planted: 4 April 2021

Place: Padang Taman Kledang Permai, Ipoh

Programme name: Green Our Earth Save Our Future Generations

Tree  # 2

Tree Serial Number: LCPSS-MBI/ 014/04/21

Family Name: Fabaceae

Genus: Peltophorum

Common Name: copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame

Height: 15m to 25m

Planted by: YBhg Dato' Yeoh Moh Chai, 308B2 District Governor 

Date Planted: 4 April 2021

Place: Padang Taman Kledang Permai, Ipoh

Programme name: Green Our Earth Save Our Future Generations

Tree  # 3

Tree Serial Number: LCPSS-MBI/ 015/04/21

Family Name: Fabaceae

Genus: Peltophorum

Common Name: copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame

Height: 15m to 25m

Planted by: YDH Dato' Seribijaya Shaharudin Bin Hj Nawawi, Orang Besar Jajahan Manjung

Date Planted: 4 April 2021

Place: Padang Taman Kledang Permai, Ipoh

Programme name: Green Our Earth Save Our Future Generations

Tree  # 4

Tree Serial Number: LCPSS-MBI/ 016/04/21

Family Name: Fabaceae

Genus: Peltophorum

Common Name: copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame

Height: 15m to 25m

Planted by: Clr Chan Soon Yip, Ahli Majlis MBI Zon 19 

Date Planted: 4 April 2021

Place: Padang Taman Kledang Permai, Ipoh

Programme name: Green Our Earth Save Our Future Generations

Tree  # 5

Tree Serial Number: LCPSS-MBI/ 017/04/21

Family Name: Fabaceae

Genus: Peltophorum

Common Name: copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame

Height: 15m to 25m

Planted by: Lion Dr. Richard Ng, President Lions Club of Perak Silver State

Date Planted: 4 April 2021

Place: Padang Taman Kledang Permai, Ipoh

Programme name: Green Our Earth Save Our Future Generations

Tree  # 6

Tree Serial Number: LCPSS-MBI/ 018/04/21

Family Name: Fabaceae

Genus: Peltophorum

Common Name: copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame

Height: 15m to 25m

Planted by: Lion Lim Kean Leng, LCIF District Coordinator

Date Planted: 4 April 2021

Place: Padang Taman Kledang Permai, Ipoh

Programme name: Green Our Earth Save Our Future Generations