Here is another tree I saw at the Gaharu Tea Valley. According to the guide, the wood of the tree is used to make coffins. Anyone knows the scientific name of this plant?
I saw this species of tree once again when I was at the Riverfront Hotel. They were planted outside the hotel. You can see it below.
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I'm not sure but it looks like Ficus lyrata (fiddle leaf fig).
I'm not sure if this is called a coffin tree but late in the 19th century tree fellers in Borneo were surprised to find bones embedded in trees. Apparently tribes people made a cut into living trees and then reintered the bones of deceased relatives into the heart of the tree. The cut was closed and the tree kept growing.
WOW! That's interesting. What I know is that the wood from this tree is used to make Chinese coffins. It seems that the ancient Egyptians had the same idea.
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