Section 82: Rain Tree

The scientific name of the Centennial Rain Tree (Rain Tree) is Samanea Saman

This big rain tree is located in the lakeside park. It has witnessed the transformation of Bahau for a century, and it has been with generations for a long time. It is a living cultural heritage. The rain tree was planted by the British colonial government after it was introduced from South America during the colonial period. In addition to the lakeside park, the British also planted these trees in Bahau the railway station, taxi stand, and Kampong Indah. , with a history of more than a hundred years, and the luxuriant canopy that still exists is like a giant umbrella.

In the 1940s and 1950s, many rain trees were also planted around Bahau City, such as the main street, the old bus station, the old market, and now there are several large rain trees in the vicinity of the Mara Building. Unfortunately, they have all been submerged in the development torrent middle.

In fact, rain trees can be seen in many places in Malaysia. Rain Tree (Rain Tree / Samanea Saman) It belongs to the Mimosa family and is an enlarged version of Mimosa. Rain tree is like an office worker, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. Every day after sunset, the leaves curl and close. In the morning, the leaves open in the morning light, which means that the dew or rain wrapped in the leaves will fall one after another, and the name of the rain tree comes from this.

There is a group of bamboo trees on the left of the rain tree, and the bamboo trees more than half a century old are tightly grouped together. People often say: the door is facing thousands of bamboos, and the family has thousands of books. Bamboo trees have become one of the highlights of the park.