While visiting CM the other day I noticed that the trees on the Rot Fie road (beside the Railroad Station) extension were ginormous...pray tell, using the english common name, what are they and how long have they been there?

The Yang Tree up to 30 meters tall.

these are very very old Rubber trees well over 100 yrs old

cliokchi

The Yang Tree up to 30 meters tall.

The Yang Tree up to 30 meters tall.

Its a dipterocarp, Yang is the Thai word. Dipterocarp giants can be hundreds of years old, it takes 40 years before the tree even produces seed.

The Yang Tree up to 30 meters tall.

Its a dipterocarp, Yang is the Thai word. Dipterocarp giants can be hundreds of years old, it takes 40 years before the tree even produces seed.

those trees are on the chiang mai lamphun rd. no big trees on thanon rot fiai.