Broad-leafed Mahogany A large deciduous tree that grows up to 40 m in height. Crown is round, dense and dark green in appearance. Trunk is broad, buttressed, with dark grey scaly bark. Leaves are dark glossy green. Flowers are fragrant, pale green to yellow in colour and occur in large bunches arising from the axils of the leaves. Fruits are distinctive, large heavy woody pods, brown in colour, splitting into 5 valves to release numerous flat single-winged seeds. These trees were planted during the development of Seletar West Camp in the 1930s to accommodate the British squadrons of torpedo bombers and other land-based aircraft then. Many servicemen have passed beneath their branches, which now shade the passageway to the Singapore Youth Flying Club premises. This Heritage Tree had a girth of 4.8m when measured in Year 2005. Unique ID for Heritage Tree HT 2005-149 Location Found in Seletar Airbase, West Camp Road near Singapore Youth Flying Club entrance Get Directions Heritage Tree Information Scientific name Swietenia macrophylla Common name Broad-leafed Mahogany Girth 5.43 m @ 1.3 m height Height 20.1 m
