Monday, July 10, 2006
7/10/2006 07:05:00 AM

Red Trees by the River – Sungai Sarawak Kiri

posted by Francis Ho

We frequently see these reddish brown bark trees on the river banks on our rain forest river kayaking trips; providing a vivid constrast against the green foliage and grey rock formations.

Bev’s theory is that they are poisonous trees as red or bright colours are nature’s danger warning signs. I extrapolate that girls with red lip sticks should then be taken as a warning sign too.

Yeok from journeymalaysia.com who’s taking our trip on Sunday with Ida, TengLei, Jamie and Jackie corrected me that this only applies to comely girls in red bikini. Another instance of 'look but please don't touch!'. *sigh*

So do any of you really know what these red trunk trees are?

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  At Monday, 10 July, 2006 Blogger dilvin said:

Irrawady Dolphin in Sarawak is in The Star paper today...Francis, u r required to attend a 3-days course..:)

  At Monday, 10 July, 2006 Blogger Francis Ho said:

dilvin - thks for letting me know. will buy a copy later.

  At Monday, 10 July, 2006 Blogger Robin CHAN said:

pst pst.. I didn't click on the link hor..

really.. or else I have do my retreat again

hehe

  At Monday, 10 July, 2006 Blogger Tiffany L said:

i think the redness indicates high tannin content in the tree trunk.

either that or the tree is having period.

  At Monday, 10 July, 2006 Blogger pesut said:

Could be Selunsor trees, they are found in karangas forest and commonly grow along the banks of rivers. The red bark peels off in layers. I think "selunsor" means "to slip down" in a local dialect. Not sure which one dialect though.

  At Monday, 10 July, 2006 Blogger Wuching said:

u lie! unker paint that tree red!

  At Monday, 10 July, 2006 Blogger The Yongs said:

Whatever trees they are, they really add colour to the forest. Striking and beautiful!

  At Monday, 10 July, 2006 Blogger The Moody Minstrel said:

Hmm...if "look but don't touch" is the safe way to go, then what about "touch but don't look"?

That's wild. The manzanita tree back home in Oregon has rich, reddish-brown bark, but nothing quite like that! More amazing things from Malaysia!

  At Tuesday, 11 July, 2006 Blogger ghee said:

I`ve no idea about the red tree,though the red thing as a warning is humorous!
women with red lipsticks and red bikinis? LOL! how bout those with red hair?

have a nice day!!


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