via The Sun Daily, 17 March 2021: The historic tree in the centre of Malacca’s Stadhuys has been felled after 127 years. It is believed it died from environmenal causes.
After 127 years, the iconic tree beside the Stadthuys Building or “red building”, here, finally fell to the ground today.
The Batai Laut tree or yellow flame tree, whose scientific name is Peltophorum Pterocarpum, which was planted since the British rule and measured a height of 18 metres (59 feet) and diameter of almost 1.5 m, fell around 6.30 this morning. It is believed the tree’s roots had rotted.
Melaka Museum Corporation general manager, Mohd Nasruddin Rahman said, the tree is a heritage one that had been gazetted under the Melaka Historical City Council (MBMB) so that it will not be felled and will be preserved for landscape purposes.
