this tongkat ali is reborn

the last time i saw this tongkat ali (eurycoma longifolia jack) plant at bukit batok nature park, it was in a bad shape. i do not know whether its damage was the work of nature or the work of human. the slender trunk (or stem) had broken into two parts. subsequently, someone removed the top part where the leaves used to be.

i then thought that without leaves, the small tree would be dead. was i surprised today when i saw that new leaves had sprouted just below the break in the trunk.