Kapok tree : close-up [1]

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27 Oct 2007

Photographed By Mok, Joanne

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This photograph is a close-up of the huge buttress roots of a kapok tree in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. There is a signage stating that it was planted in 1933 as well as some information on the tree. Title devised by Library staff.

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Kapok--Singapore--Photographs

Botanical gardens--Singapore--Photographs

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Plants

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All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2007.

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