Jungle Engulfed Temple - Angkor Wat

Some of the temples in Angkor Wat are not renovated and left in their 900 year old natural state - overgrown by the jungle.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

I saw this on TV, how they were thinking of solving this "problem". I actually think it is quite beautiful, this mix on man-made and natural structures. Posted 12 years ago
1. Mark Anthony Bueno
  
  Katipo Spider
  
  hi Ferdy! I remember our tuktuk driver saying something along the lines of all but two temples in Angkor Wat have been restored for tourism purposes. The other two were going to be left in the state in which they were discovered. For historical reasons, many people opposed the restoration process, but Angkor Wat is probably the biggest tourist attraction in Cambodia. Posted 12 years ago

jerclarke

Giant Tortoise

Pretty sure this particular temple is Ta Prohm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm#Trees

That article says there's a debate about the type of tree it is but the Wikipedia page for Tetrameles nudiflora has a picture of this exact tree on it, so I'll use this for a species intro.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrameles_nudiflora
Posted 10 years ago

The Tetrameles nudiflora

''Tetrameles nudiflora'' is a species of plant in the family Tetramelaceae. It is a large deciduous tree found across southern Asia from India through southeast Asia, Malesia and into northern Australia. It is called ''chundul'' in Bengali and diya labu in Sinhala.

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Similar species: Begonias, Gourds

Species identified by jerclarke