The saga of a lovely Saga tree
Saga tree (Adenanthera pavonina) is one of the top popular trees in Singapore. By saying that, we wish to imagine its presence but sometimes without even knowing its existence.
The Saga tree is hardy and fast growing species. It can grow like a giant in 15-20m tall and widely spread out to provide shade and like a welcoming kind father.
The fruits pods of this tree contain scarlet seeds, each of the 4 seeds make up 1 gram. In the past, it is widely used on gold and silver as a weight measurement.
The red seeds are a well-know love seeds among all warm and solicitude heart. Some like to collect it and store it up in bottle for their love ones. Some prefer to stitch it up forming a necklace and some place it to form a heart-shape.
This Saga tree is located at Botanic gardens. He treated his fern fans as his own family. Surrounded with their friendship and love. They lived together and share the wide blue sky. Spreading love-seeds to passer-bys, it also naturalized through out Malaysia and Africa. This is the core soul of Saga tree, the saga never fail to entice!
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February 27, 2013 at 2:21 am
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February 27, 2013 at 6:28 am
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February 27, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you! 🙂
February 27, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Beautiful, Sydney. I love the bright red seeds.
February 27, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Thanks, Cathy! This is well-known love seed in our region, I’m not sure you side?
February 27, 2013 at 10:29 pm
I don’t think I’ve seen it before. there may be some in Florida – imported of course.
February 27, 2013 at 10:43 pm
No wonder, this seed is famous among the lover.
February 27, 2013 at 10:43 pm
LOL!
February 27, 2013 at 2:42 pm
i thnk i can find this seed in indonesia too, but it became waste
February 27, 2013 at 10:28 pm
You can collect it and keep in a bottle, is so lovely to see!:)
February 27, 2013 at 10:26 pm
I used to collect the love seeds.. hehehe
February 27, 2013 at 10:33 pm
Those were the days! 🙂
February 28, 2013 at 12:36 am
Very charming. My cottage is shrouded be old, giant dogwood trees. In the fall they release their red seeds and they play the sound of rain on my roof.
February 28, 2013 at 12:39 am
So lovely, that is the sound of Nature!
My roof only has the sound of repair man! 😦
March 2, 2013 at 12:17 am
Too bad.
March 2, 2013 at 12:30 am
😦
February 28, 2013 at 2:50 am
the red seeds are as luminous as jewels! Are they edible, I wonder? And reminiscent of pomegranate pips, for sure…
February 28, 2013 at 12:59 pm
Is not edible, my dear! Is hardy like marble, lovely like Ruby!
Is well famouse as a love seed among Asian! 🙂
February 28, 2013 at 3:44 am
That’s beautiful!
February 28, 2013 at 1:01 pm
Thank you, My friend! You have a good day! 🙂
March 1, 2013 at 10:12 pm
How lovely!!!!!!!!
March 1, 2013 at 10:33 pm
Thank you! I give you some! 🙂
March 7, 2013 at 2:31 am
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March 7, 2013 at 10:20 am
Thank you! 🙂
May 4, 2013 at 2:37 pm
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May 4, 2013 at 11:59 pm
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I think this is something to do with your personality!
Awesome! 🙂
May 1, 2014 at 12:05 am
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May 5, 2014 at 4:23 pm
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May 13, 2014 at 1:22 am
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May 14, 2014 at 11:56 am
🙂
November 16, 2014 at 7:57 pm
Hi, any updates on where to find these nice love seeds?
November 17, 2014 at 5:13 pm
You can find any part of this in Singapore….:)
November 24, 2014 at 2:43 pm
Are they sold in any shop? How much do they cost?
November 29, 2014 at 8:59 am
What are you referring?