Old Kapok Tree, Botanic Gardens - Singapore or JB
Old Kapok Tree, Botanic Gardens is geographically located at latitude 1° 18' 39" North of the Equator and longitude 103° 49' 0" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Singapore. Old Kapok Tree, Ceiba pentandra, in Botanic Gardens was planted in 1933. Commonly known the White Silk-Cotton Tree, this Kapok is nearly 80 years old, with a girth of 6.2 m and a height of 43 m. It is a large, deciduous and majestic tree that has a narrow, open, thin pagoda-shaped crown, with tiered, horizontal branches. Widely distributed in West Africa, Tropical America, India and Southeast Asia. The Kapok tree has inconspicuous flowers are up to 3 cm in size, with 4 - 5 petals. They are light yellowish, pink or white in colour with a milky smell. The fibrer around the seeds were formly used for stuffing mattresses, pillows and even life jackets. The Heritage Kapok Tree in Botanic Gardens has a very nice majestic architecture of the tree and ghostly root system as I is located on a gentle slope. It is by Botanic Garden Footpath, near Cluny Road, near Lermit Road, near Botanic Garden Footpath, near Tyersall Avenue. The following locations related to it are represented by the shortest path a radio wave would travel and may not be nearest by road.
Relc International is about 1km, Traders Hotel is about 1km, RELC Building International Hotel is about 1.1km, Shangri-la is about 1.1km, Regent Hotel is about 1.1km. These are places to stay (hotel, service apartment, inn) located near Old Kapok Tree, Botanic Gardens.
Friven Store at Tanglin is about 0.9km, Tanglin Mall is about 1km, Tudor Court is about 1.1km, Tanglin Place is about 1.1km, Tanglin Shopping Centre is about 1.2km. These are places to shop (shopping mall, shop houses) located near Old Kapok Tree, Botanic Gardens.
Visitor Centre is about 2.5km, Amway Singapore is about 2.9km, Robertson Walk is about 3.5km, Land Transport Gallery is about 3.5km, Fort Canning Gothic Gate is about 3.8km. These are places of interest (attraction) located near Old Kapok Tree, Botanic Gardens.
NUS Faculty of Law is about 0.9km, Singapore Management University is about 0.9km, EtonHouse International Pre-School is about 1.3km, St Margaret's Secondary School is about 1.3km, Nanyang Pri Campus 2 is about 1.3km. These are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Old Kapok Tree, Botanic Gardens.
Old Kapok Tree, Botanic Gardens is about 0km, Old Bandstand, Botanic Gardens is about 0.1km, Fernery, Botanic Gardens is about 0.1km, Botanic Gardens is about 0.1km, Plant House, Botanic Gardens is about 0.1km. These are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Old Kapok Tree, Botanic Gardens.
Old Bandstand, Botanic Gardens is about 56 Steps away.
Fernery, Botanic Gardens is about 95 Steps away.