13 May 2023
Five Organisations including three Lions Clubs; Lions Club of Perak Silver State, Lions Club of Ipoh Heritage and Lions Club of Ipoh Elite and Pertubuhan Komuniti Kepolisan Bukit Merah and Loyal Academy have come together to participate in a tree planting project in conjunction with World Earth Day 2023.
The tree planting project is part of the Environment Sustainable project to address climate change. It will be held on 13th May 2023 at the padang of Taman Kledang Permai, in front of Loyal Academy. This is the second such project held here. The last time it was held together with students of Loyal Academy on 4th April 2021 and attended by YDH Dato OBJ Manjung, Dato' Shaharudin Bin Hj Nazari who is also a graduate of UTMSPACE.
Five Bucida and one Ficus Elastica trees will be planted. Guest of honour of this project is Lion Tan Say Cheong of Lions Club of Ipoh Heritage who has just been elected successfully as the second VDG of District 308B2 during the recent Multiple Convention held in Kuala Lumpur.
According to Dr. Richard Ng who is also the President of Lions Club of Perak Silver State, the event was specially held to honour the successful election of Lion Tan Say Cheong as the second VDG. A fellowship is being held at the Loyal Academy to celebrate this success.
The trees bear the serial number 112/05/23 to 117/05/23 and given QR code tagging for future reference as follows:
The itnierary for the event is as follows:
Details of the trees:
1. Ficus Elastica:
According to Wikipedia, Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to eastern parts of South and Southeast Asia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US state of Florida. Despite its common names, it is not used in the commercial production of natural rubber.
It is a large tree in the banyan group of figs, growing to 30–40 m (100–130 ft) – rarely up to 60 m or 195 ft – tall, with a stout trunk up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in diameter. The trunk develops aerial and buttressing roots to anchor it in the soil and help support heavy branches.
It has broad shiny oval leaves 10–35 cm (4–14 in) long and 5–15 cm (2–6 in) broad; leaf size is largest on young plants (occasionally to 45 cm or 171⁄2 in long), much smaller on old trees (typically 10 cm or 4 in long). The leaves develop inside a sheath at the apical meristem, which grows larger as the new leaf develops. When it is mature, it unfurls and the sheath drops off the plant. Inside the new leaf, another immature leaf is waiting to develop.
2. Bucida
A fast-growing tree that reaches between 10-20 m in height and spread to about 10-15 m wide. Its crown is layered in symmetrical tiers. The simple, unifoliate and variegated leaves are whorled along the stem. Leaves are small, measuring 2-5 cm long and 1 cm wide.
It is mottled grey-green with irregular creamy-white border, young leaves pinkish-red, margins uneven to crenate, produced in whorls at branch tips.
The twigs grow densely in storeys on whorls around the woody trunk.
Its bark is smooth, mottled pale grey, with protruding brownish streaks or spots.
Its deep anchoring roots make it able to endure high winds with little damage. Big matured tree fetch a really good price (RM>1k) in the market
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